TSI ACTUAL CERTIFICATION PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION.
personification. Answer: the treatment of something inanimate as if
it were alive; giving human qualities to something or someone non-
human
hyperbole. Answer: deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
exaggeration. Answer: a statement that represents something as
better or worse than it really is; overstatement
irony. Answer: the use of words to express the opposite of their
literal meaning
paradox. Answer: a seeming contradiction; seems untrue at first, but
upon reflection, can be true
primary (adj.). Answer: most important
, author's attitude. Answer: how the author feels about their topic
mood. Answer: how the reader feels about the text while reading
author's tone. Answer: the author's attitude toward their topic
paraphrase (verb). Answer: to restate in other words
ambivalent (adj.). Answer: having mixed feelings or contradictory
ideas about something or someone
analytical (adj.). Answer: intending to understand the nature of
something by analysis or logical reasoning
apathetic (adj.). Answer: showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm,
or concern; indifferent
baffled (adj.). Answer: confused
condescending (adj.). Answer: possessing an attitude of superiority;
patronizing
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION.
personification. Answer: the treatment of something inanimate as if
it were alive; giving human qualities to something or someone non-
human
hyperbole. Answer: deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
exaggeration. Answer: a statement that represents something as
better or worse than it really is; overstatement
irony. Answer: the use of words to express the opposite of their
literal meaning
paradox. Answer: a seeming contradiction; seems untrue at first, but
upon reflection, can be true
primary (adj.). Answer: most important
, author's attitude. Answer: how the author feels about their topic
mood. Answer: how the reader feels about the text while reading
author's tone. Answer: the author's attitude toward their topic
paraphrase (verb). Answer: to restate in other words
ambivalent (adj.). Answer: having mixed feelings or contradictory
ideas about something or someone
analytical (adj.). Answer: intending to understand the nature of
something by analysis or logical reasoning
apathetic (adj.). Answer: showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm,
or concern; indifferent
baffled (adj.). Answer: confused
condescending (adj.). Answer: possessing an attitude of superiority;
patronizing