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ATI TEAS STUDY MANUAL Key ideas and details 9
- Use inferences based on
- Identify key terms justifying
- Assemble events identified
has some level of suggestion because various readers’ experiences bring diverse relatability to a passage. But key terms and descriptions provide structure for common understanding. To prepare for this TEAS task, look for key terms—including those providing information about events—that should lead you to a particular conclusion.
Critical readers make sense of passages by evaluating the information provided. Strong readers use individual experiences, in addition to the text, to construct meaning. In order to use the text, the reader must observe facts, delineate arguments, and discern valid information provided by the author. Then, the reader must combine what the author has provided with individual experiences to draw inference from the selection. Inference is reading between the lines of what is stated. In other words, it is applying logic (experience) to facts and evidence coupled with recognizing the context clues provided.
Identifying key terms is critical to understanding the context of a given passage. Key terms include those that provide sequence or chronology, descriptive words and phrases, and words that convey value judgments and opinion. These key terms can provide both explicit information and the implicit information that allows the reader to make inferences. Take this example:
We can infer from the passage that the writer was previously a more passive person based on the key terms related to chronology, and we can infer that the writer prefers his or her current attitude based on the key term related to a value judgment. We can conclude from these inferences that the writer had a confrontation with the person mentioned in this sentence.
Many readers assume that making an inference and drawing a conclusion are the same. Each activity demands that a reader fill in some blanks. However, there is a subtle difference between the two. An inference suggests an idea by details and evidence in a passage. A conclusion asks the reader to analyze and make a decision based on predictions, details, evidence, and results. Below is an example of using inferences (clues in bold) to draw a conclusion.
Conclusion: The man is fishing in the midafternoon and it is too hot for the fish to bite. It is safe to predict that he thinks he will have better success in the evening.
conclusion. A deduction made by a reader about an unstated outcome from a reading passage. explicit. Clearly stated. implication. Something not clearly stated. inference. A conclusion reached by critical thinking. logic. The framework of reasoning used to understand ideas.
Read the following passage. Then, answer the questions. Every 2 weeks, when Ray arrives home, the first thing he does is put his bag of muddy, oily clothes on top of the industrial washing machine he and Lori purchased last year. Lori insisted they buy the wash machine so she could do his laundry separate from the family’s daily wash. After he unpacks from his 2 weeks away, he showers in order to be refreshed for his family. Then, he plays some games in the yard with the kids. Finally, the family goes to dinner so Lori does not have to make a dinner and do laundry.