TSI READING EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ / READING TSI
ACTUAL EXAM (BRAND NEW)
main idea - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the author's central thought; what an author
wants to say about a topic
topic - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > overall subject of a text
compare (verb) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > to find similarities
contrast (verb) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > to find differences
context clue - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a word, phrase, or sentence in the text
around an unfamiliar word that helps you identify the word's meaning
text evidence - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > evidence from the reading selection that
proves the answer to a question about the text
author's purpose - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the author's intent either to inform, to
entertain, or to persuade
, inference - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence
and reasoning
simile - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a direct comparison of two unlike things using
"like" or "as"
supporting details - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > facts or details that help develop and
support the main idea
author's argument - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the position/stance the author puts
forward, supported by reasons or assumptions
analogous (adj.) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > comparable to; like
metaphor - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a direct comparison that is literally false; does
not use "like" or "as"
personification - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the treatment of something inanimate
as if it were alive; giving human qualities to something or someone non-human
hyperbole - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
exaggeration - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a statement that represents something as
better or worse than it really is; overstatement
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ / READING TSI
ACTUAL EXAM (BRAND NEW)
main idea - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the author's central thought; what an author
wants to say about a topic
topic - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > overall subject of a text
compare (verb) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > to find similarities
contrast (verb) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > to find differences
context clue - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a word, phrase, or sentence in the text
around an unfamiliar word that helps you identify the word's meaning
text evidence - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > evidence from the reading selection that
proves the answer to a question about the text
author's purpose - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the author's intent either to inform, to
entertain, or to persuade
, inference - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence
and reasoning
simile - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a direct comparison of two unlike things using
"like" or "as"
supporting details - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > facts or details that help develop and
support the main idea
author's argument - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the position/stance the author puts
forward, supported by reasons or assumptions
analogous (adj.) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > comparable to; like
metaphor - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a direct comparison that is literally false; does
not use "like" or "as"
personification - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the treatment of something inanimate
as if it were alive; giving human qualities to something or someone non-human
hyperbole - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
exaggeration - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a statement that represents something as
better or worse than it really is; overstatement
