lOMoARcPSD|28578405 ATI TEAS 7 UPDATED ENGLISH AND READING STUDY GUIDE AND TEST QUESTIONSATI TEAS Study Guide Reading and English. Primary Sources -The original source -Need to determine it if is an original source -Examples: photographs, diaries, letters, eye-witness reports -If it appears in a newspaper on the TEAS, it will NOT be considered a primary source -Obituaries are NOT a primary source, they are in a newspaper -AUTO biographies are primary sources, NOT biographies (auto=self) Passage Types -Scan the passage for numbers (percent, age, year) oIf you see numbers, most of the time it will be expository -1.) Expository oFactual, like a textbook oPurpose: ALWAYS to inform oIf asked where you would find an expository passage, the answer is always encyclopedia oIf you look at the title of a passage and it says The History of Gettysburg, the word history means it is expository oAny kind of historical passage -Scan the passage for opinion wordsoIf you see words that indicate an opinion, it will be persuasive -2.) Persuasive oCan be anything from an e-mail to a novel on the TEAS oOpinion words: should, good, best, seemed, & most oAll it takes is one opinion to make the passage persuasive oPurpose: