Glossary
implied
Implied means the passage gives the pieces and leaves the reader to join them — the claim follows from the text without being printed in it.
Implied means the passage supports a claim without printing it. The join is what makes it an implication: the text gives the two halves (the move, and the result that followed) and the reader draws the line between them. That is why an implication can be checked — you can name the sentences it rests on — while a guess cannot. Items ask for one with what does the passage imply, and they also ask you to sort a claim either side of the line (which of these is implied but NOT stated). The distinction matters most for the options that are true and printed: they are explicit, which is the opposite of what an implication question wants. A claim that no sentence could support is neither stated nor implied; it has gone beyond the text, and it is out.
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Source: The reading skills ATI names in its own Content Outline (R.1.1-R.1.6, under the Key ideas and details sub-content area); each definition below is written for the Key Ideas and Details guide in this exam, in our own words, and explains the skill the way the guide teaches it. (ATI Content Outline read 2026-10-08; definitions written 2026-10-09)