Craft and Structure

The TEAS exam will have 45 questions on the reading section. Nine of those questions will be on craft and structure. Craft and structure primarily refer to:

• Tone, Mood, and Transition Words – This will include understanding how word choice affects meaning and tone in a passage. Transition words help connect ideas in a passage. On the TEAS exam, you may need to identify transition words in a TEAS question, choose the best transition word for a proposed sentence, or use transition words to understand the sequence of events.
• Author’s Purpose and Point of View – This will include determining why the author wrote the text (e.g., to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain) and identifying the author’s perspective, biases, or assumptions.
• Evaluating and Integrating Data – Understanding how the text is organized (e.g., cause and effect, compare and contrast, chronological order).

TEAS Tips For Studying Craft and Structure

Answer Practice Questions Regularly

• TEAS Practice questions are essential to familiarizing how these concepts are tested on the exam.
• After each question, review the video explanation to understand why an answer is correct or incorrect.
• You can review extra practice questions on Tone, Mood, and Transition Words, the Author’s Purpose and Point of View, and Evaluating Data.

When Reading A Passage, Ask Yourself Questions:

• Read short articles or passages and ask yourself:

  • What is the tone of the passage (e.g., formal, humorous, critical)?
  • What is the mood the author is trying to evoke?
  • Why did the author write this (e.g., to inform, persuade, or entertain)?
  • What is the main idea of this passage? What is the topic?

Pro Tip: Getting into the habit of doing this keeps your mind focused while you read, so you don’t need to re-read the passage to find the answer.

8 Things To Study For The TEAS Exam Craft and Structure Questions