ATI TEAS Version 7 English Knowledge of Language (How to Get the Perfect Score)

what's going on all of my healthcare brothers and sisters i hope that you are having a wonderful day we are continuing on with our atit's journey and we are going to be discussing english and language usage when it comes to knowledge of language let's get started so as always we begin by looking at our objectives so what you need to know for knowledge of language when it comes to the atits is that this section is going to have 11 items out of the total 33 that will be scored for the test what you'll need to know is grammar to enhance clarity and writing evaluate if language meets the needs of an audience for provided rhetorical context and develop a well-organized paragraph so we begin by looking at complete sentences so a complete sentence is made up of a subject and a predicate that communicates action or a state of being for the subject the subject is typically the noun or the pronoun that is doing the verb and the verb is the action that is actually taking place so for example i am writing a blog about atit's english and language usage in that sentence i am the subject and i'm writing is the verb the sentence is about the subject i and what am i doing i'm writing a blog so you will also need to be able to recognize incomplete sentences or sentence fragments which are missing a subject and or a predicate so for example hoping to increase my score the sentence is missing a subject so it's really incomplete if it was written as i am hoping to increase my score it would make much more sense right now that the sentence has a subject i and the verb i am hoping it becomes a complete sentence you also have imperative sentences and these can be complete sentences as long as the subject and predicate are present the imperative form of a sentence is typically used when giving a command or making a request so for example finish your homework in this sentence you is understood to be the subject and finish is the predicate this is an example of an imperative sentence another great thing about sentences are transitions transition words are used to connect ideas and relationships between ideas transition types can include agreement opposition cause effect examples conclusion chronology as well as locations so here are a couple examples of transition words that would signal agreement also certainly indeed in fact naturally of course and surely here are some examples of transition words that would signal opposition although conversely despite however in contrast instead nevertheless on one hand on the other hand but otherwise regardless still and yet that might have triggered some people with a couple of those words right and no it did me uh you will also need to be able to identify how ideas are related to each other in the text so for example the boy likes birds but he was afraid of cats in this sentence but is used as a transition word to signal the second part of a sentence is an opposition to the first let's talk about tense so tense refers to at what point in time an action is taking place the basic tenses can be past present and future however there are also variations of these tenses so for example the present tense can be further divided into present simple and present progressive it is important to be able to identify the use of the appropriate tense when you are writing or reading a passage so for example yesterday i went to the store this is past tense right this happened yesterday happened in the past next example i am going to the store this is present progressive tense right it's happening in the present next example i will go to the store this is future tense right i haven't actually gone yet but i will go to the store so diction is the word choice that an author makes an author's diction can shape the tone and mood of the writing and what you're reading so mood is the feeling that the author is trying to communicate to the reader whereas tone is how the author's words makes that reader feel so for example if the author writes the sky is blue the tone can be interpreted as positive or negative based on the mood of the rest of the text if the author writes i am excited to go on vacation that tone sounds typically positive right that is how you're going to perceive it but if the author writes i can't believe i have to work on vacation this tone is very negative it's just the way that it reads you will also need to be able to be able to identify the differences between the author's mood and tone based on the word choices that they choose so let's talk about run-on sentences if anybody has written a paper in apa format you're very well aware that some professors will actually ding points on you when you have run-on sentences but you might be like what does that mean well a run-on sentence is two or more complete sentences that are incorrectly joined together there are three main ways to fix a run-on sentence the first way is to use a period between two complete sentences so for example i have a cat his name is mittens there's no distinguish there's no period in between the two but they are two complete sentences put together incorrectly what you can do is add a period in between these two sentences i have a cat period his name is mittens period that separates those two complete sentences and makes it not a run-on sentence the second way is to fix a run-on sentence is with a comma or conjunction so for example you might say i have a cat comma and his name is mittens in this sentence the comma is used to join the two complete sentences together and the conjunction and is used to signal that the second part of the sentence is related to the first the last way that you can fix run on sentences is by using a semicolon so for example i have a cat semicolon his name is mittens in this sentence the semicolon is used to join the two complete sentences together you really need to know how to fix run on sentences because it will be something that you will be tested on with your atits so next we're going to move on to evaluating if language meets the need of an audience for a provided rhetorical context and we're going to begin by identifying a narrator's setting or scenario when you're reading a text it's really important to be able to identify the narrator's setting or scenario the setting is the time and place that the story is taking place and the scenario is a series of events that make up the story so for example it was a dark and stormy night that's really a setting right it's really laying the groundwork of what is happening in the story it's dark and it's rainy and it's stormy the boy was walking home from school when he saw a cat in the tree this is the scenario right these are the series of events that are starting to make up the story we know that the setting is its dark and it's stormy and this poor little boy is walking home from school when he sees a cat in the tree when you're reading these passages you will need to ask yourself these questions who is telling the story when and where is the story taking place what series events are making up this story who is the attended audience for this story and what is the author's overall style next we're going to take a look at formal and informal language starting with formal language this is the kind of language that is used in a formal setting such as a classroom or if you're in a business meeting formal language is usually more precise and less personal than other kinds of languages so for example what is your name this is a formal way to ask someone what their name is what's your name dude this is obviously less formal right when you're asking for someone's name the tone of a formal language tends to be serious as well as neutral so writings include humorous or ironic texts are usually not considered formal language informal language informal language is the kind of language that uses a less formal type of language in a less formal setting so this is usually when you're hanging out with your family or friends informal language is usually more personal and less precise than other kinds of language so for example what's your name is an informal way to ask someone their name now you might be asking yourself from your previous example what is the difference well instead of saying what is your name we combine what is and make the word what's that's what makes the sentence less formal so in this sentence what's your name less formal or informal what is your name is more formal or you could even say what is your name sir that's even more formal when you're asking for someone's name when you're looking at tone of informal language this can be a more conversational language so it can include text that is of course humorous as well as ironic slang is also another form of informal language that is very casual and is often used by a specific group of people so for example what's up that is a form of slang it is important to be able to identify the differences between formal and informal language so that you can use that appropriate language to speak to the audience depending on what the question is asking you now we have a better understanding of what informal and formal language looks like one of the things that atits is going to ask you is to revise informal and formal languages as well as culturally diverse languages it's really important that you're able to identify these so that you can make the appropriate changes based on what the question is asking you so here are some tips for revising informal language to make it more formal you want to use standard english rather than slang and contractions we talked about that before what is versus what's are two completely different forms of language what is is more formal whereas what's is more informal use specific and concrete language rather than vague or general language use a formal tone rather than that conversational tone we talked about before so for example instead of saying i'm going to the store say i am going to the store you're going to use i am as a formal language and you're going to use the word i'm as informal language here are some tips for revising formal language to make it more informal use contractions such as don't or can't remember contractions are really good when it comes to informal language you can also use slang as well as colloquial expressions and use a conversational tone it's like you're talking to your friends and family so for example instead of saying i cannot come to the meeting you can say i can't make it to the meeting culturally diverse audiences have never been more important than it has been in present day history what we are experiencing right now it's really important that when you are writing for a culturally diverse audience that you understand and are aware of the different cultural backgrounds that your audience may have so some things that you might want to consider when you are writing a passage is you want to use language that is inclusive of all cultures genders races and religions avoid using any kinds of stereotypes or making assumptions about your audience's culture and be aware of the different connotations that word may have in different cultures so for example instead of saying he is from a different culture you could say he comes from a diverse background something else that's really important is identifying gender bias language and this ultimately should be avoided as well so for example instead of saying a physician should explain the procedure to his clients right that is making an assumption that all physicians are male you could say physicians should explain procedure to their clients as we know we have a whole bunch of physicians that are female male and may identify as some other kind of gender so it's really important when you get these types of questions that you recognize gender biased languages and avoid them at all costs moving on to our last portion of this particular section of the atits is how to develop a well-organized paragraph and we're going to start with knowledge of language right this is what this whole portion is about the ability to use language effectively is really important in all aspects of your life whether you are writing a paper for school communicating with co-workers or simply just talking to your friends being able to use language correctly will help you become more clear and concise on the atits you will need to be able to identify conventions of paragraph development including topic sentences supporting details transitions and conclusions we went really into depth of this with the reading portion of the atits that i filmed please go back and check that out to make sure that you are very well familiar with these particular topics you're also going to be able to know how to revise irrelevant information where more information is needed so let's begin by looking at parts of a paragraph in order to develop a well-organized paragraph it is important to understand the different parts that occur within that paragraph a paragraph is a group of related sentences that share a common topic a paragraph usually starts with a topic sentence which introduces the main idea of the paragraph the rest of the paragraph should provide supporting details for that main idea and a paragraph should also have a conclusion which summarizes the main idea of what you read so for example if the topic sentence is i like to eat ice cream the supporting details might be ice cream is my favorite dessert i always have ice cream after dinner and the conclusion might be i really enjoy eating ice cream another example of a topic sentence could be jessica is an excellent student the supporting details might be that she is intelligent and responsible jessica always does her homework and she is never late for classes she receives high scores for all of her work the conclusion might be as a result of her hard work jessica is one of the best students in school when you are creating paragraphs it's really important to put them in logical order when you're writing them you really have to understand what logically makes sense when i am writing this paragraph you can do that by number one making sure that that first sentence in your paragraph introduces the topic number two every sentence that follows that should provide some kind of supporting details for the topic sentence and number three the last sentence of the paragraph should conclude and summarize the main idea of that passage it is often best to organize paragraphs in chronological order this means that the sentences will be arranged in the order for which they happened so for example if you're writing about a trip to the school you may arrange the sentences in the order of which they happened first we went to see the elephants then we went to see the lions and after that we went and saw the monkeys if you're writing about more than one topic then you can arrange the paragraphs in order of importance the most important information should be in the first paragraph with the following paragraphs providing supporting details so for example if you are writing about your favorite book and your favorite movie you might start the paragraph off about what your favorite book was and then start talking about the movie especially in situations where the book was written first and then the movie was created afterwards and lastly we're going to discuss identifying unnecessary and omitted information when you are writing a paragraph it's really important to include only relevant information for that paragraph if you include information that is not related to the topic sentence it's considered unnecessary information so for example if the topic sentences i like ice cream including a sentence about your favorite color doesn't make sense and that particular sentence is considered unnecessary information if you leave out information that is relevant to the topic sentence then that is considered omitted information so again for example if the topic sentence is i like ice cream but you don't mention what flavor of ice cream you like then that might be considered omitted information when questioning whether a topic is right for a paragraph you should ask yourself does this sentence support the main idea if it does not delete it or move the sentence to another paragraph where that sentence would fit better i hope that the information was helpful in understanding knowledge of language when it comes to atit's english and language usage as always make sure you leave your comments as well as your questions down below i love answering your questions head over to www.nursechung.com where there is a ton of additional resources available to you to help you pass your atits and as always i will see you in the next video bye

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Published: Mon Sep 19 2022