TSI Reading Test Questions and Answers 100%
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Question 1
Discuss how setting and time frame are relevant to a text's meaning?
Correct Answer
They help the reader place the story in a time and a space.
Author uses setting and time frame to anchor text, create a mood, and enhance the
meaning.
Question 2
Pronoun
Correct Answer
A word that replaces a noun such as I, He, She, You, It, We, or they.
Question 3
antecedent agreement
Correct Answer
pronoun must agree with antecedent in number (singular/plural)/gender
(masculine/feminine)/person (first/second/third)
Question 4
Explain why proof reading is an important part of the writing process.
Correct Answer
proof reading is an important part of the writing process because it allows the writer
to ensure that the text is exactly how they want it to be.
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,Question 5
Why does an author use comic relief?
Correct Answer
comic relief is used by an author to break up a dramatic or tragic scene. Often
authors will use comedy to parallel what is happening in the tragic scenes.
Question 6
Can a story have more than one theme?
Correct Answer
Yes.
Question 7
Where can a reader figure out what the theme of the story is?
Correct Answer
Reader needs to figure out the theme based on the events in the story. Sometimes
it is stated directly in the text, however this is not usually the case.
Question 8
Explain how to determine the theme of the passage?
Correct Answer
the reader must figure it out from the topic, information, or plot of a passage.
Question 9
What is a Theme?
Correct Answer
the main idea that everything revolves around,
the message or broad idea of the passage.
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,Question 10
What is a main idea?
Correct Answer
Main subject essay is based on. Main point everything revolves around (thesis)
Question 11
What is a supporting detail?
Correct Answer
reasons, examples, steps, or other kinds of factual evidence that explain a main idea.
Question 12
What is the purpose of The following: newspaper articles, short stories, and
advertisements.
Correct Answer
to inform, entertain, describe, and persuade.
Question 13
When will the main idea appear in the story?
Correct Answer
A main idea will usually appear in the first one or two paragraphs of a story.
Question 14
Topic Sentence
Correct Answer
A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces
the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis.
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, Question 15
Excerpt
Correct Answer
selected passage
Question 16
How can you identify supporting details?
Correct Answer
supporting details may include descriptions of the weather, the color of a characters
eyes or hair, the sounds that a character hears. Usually are mentioned only once;
they help create or develop the main idea.
Question 17
why is a rhetorical scheme used ?
Correct Answer
to emphasize, draw analogies or engage the reader.
Question 18
List the 6 Major types of logical organization that are frequently used in research.
Correct Answer
1. illustrations
2. A series of definitions identifying what something is or is not.
3. dividing or classifying information into separate items.
4. comparing
5. cause and effect
6. problem and solution
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correct
Question 1
Discuss how setting and time frame are relevant to a text's meaning?
Correct Answer
They help the reader place the story in a time and a space.
Author uses setting and time frame to anchor text, create a mood, and enhance the
meaning.
Question 2
Pronoun
Correct Answer
A word that replaces a noun such as I, He, She, You, It, We, or they.
Question 3
antecedent agreement
Correct Answer
pronoun must agree with antecedent in number (singular/plural)/gender
(masculine/feminine)/person (first/second/third)
Question 4
Explain why proof reading is an important part of the writing process.
Correct Answer
proof reading is an important part of the writing process because it allows the writer
to ensure that the text is exactly how they want it to be.
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,Question 5
Why does an author use comic relief?
Correct Answer
comic relief is used by an author to break up a dramatic or tragic scene. Often
authors will use comedy to parallel what is happening in the tragic scenes.
Question 6
Can a story have more than one theme?
Correct Answer
Yes.
Question 7
Where can a reader figure out what the theme of the story is?
Correct Answer
Reader needs to figure out the theme based on the events in the story. Sometimes
it is stated directly in the text, however this is not usually the case.
Question 8
Explain how to determine the theme of the passage?
Correct Answer
the reader must figure it out from the topic, information, or plot of a passage.
Question 9
What is a Theme?
Correct Answer
the main idea that everything revolves around,
the message or broad idea of the passage.
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,Question 10
What is a main idea?
Correct Answer
Main subject essay is based on. Main point everything revolves around (thesis)
Question 11
What is a supporting detail?
Correct Answer
reasons, examples, steps, or other kinds of factual evidence that explain a main idea.
Question 12
What is the purpose of The following: newspaper articles, short stories, and
advertisements.
Correct Answer
to inform, entertain, describe, and persuade.
Question 13
When will the main idea appear in the story?
Correct Answer
A main idea will usually appear in the first one or two paragraphs of a story.
Question 14
Topic Sentence
Correct Answer
A sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces
the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis.
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, Question 15
Excerpt
Correct Answer
selected passage
Question 16
How can you identify supporting details?
Correct Answer
supporting details may include descriptions of the weather, the color of a characters
eyes or hair, the sounds that a character hears. Usually are mentioned only once;
they help create or develop the main idea.
Question 17
why is a rhetorical scheme used ?
Correct Answer
to emphasize, draw analogies or engage the reader.
Question 18
List the 6 Major types of logical organization that are frequently used in research.
Correct Answer
1. illustrations
2. A series of definitions identifying what something is or is not.
3. dividing or classifying information into separate items.
4. comparing
5. cause and effect
6. problem and solution
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