TSI Test Review 30 Questions with Verified Answers
Setting - CORRECT ANSWER A place
Time Frame - CORRECT ANSWER Time period in which the story is
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Theme - CORRECT ANSWER What the reader learns from the test or passage; the main idea; universal concept unifying idea used throughout the text. Creates plot development
Conflict - CORRECT ANSWER The problem in the story.
Man vs Man
Man vs Nature
Man vs Self
Conflict Resolution - CORRECT ANSWER How the problem is solved
Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER Sentence structure emphasizes something
Word Choice - CORRECT ANSWER Diction; used to create a special effect. Impacts the tone and mood
Allusion - CORRECT ANSWER Uncited but recognizable reference to something else
Comic Relief - CORRECT ANSWER use of comedy by an author to break up a dramatic or tragic scene and infuse it with lightheartedness
Tone - CORRECT ANSWER The authors attitude toward the subject matter
Mood - CORRECT ANSWER Emotions the reader feels; general atmosphere of the author's words and use of imagery throughout the story
Alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Antagonist - CORRECT ANSWER Opposite of protagonist; force against protagonist
Aside - CORRECT ANSWER Short speech directed to the audience or another character
Characterization - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop character
Foreshadowing - CORRECT ANSWER Writers use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur in a story
Simile - CORRECT ANSWER Figure of speech that compares two things using like or as
Genre - CORRECT ANSWER Distinct types into which literacy works can be grouped
Hyperbole - CORRECT ANSWER The truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect
Metaphor - CORRECT ANSWER Compares two things without like or as
Oxymoron - CORRECT ANSWER Special kind of concise paradox that brings together two contradictory terms
Personification - CORRECT ANSWER Gives objects human characteristics
Suspense - CORRECT ANSWER Tension that the reader feels as they become involved in a story
Situational irony - CORRECT ANSWER Action is the opposite of what is intended
Dramatic irony - CORRECT ANSWER Audience/reader knows more than the characters
Verbal irony - CORRECT ANSWER (sarcasm) opposite of what you mean
Motif - CORRECT ANSWER Recurring structure feature within a text that is related to the theme
First POV - CORRECT ANSWER Involved in story
Second POV - CORRECT ANSWER mainly used for directions
Third pov - CORRECT ANSWER Limited- only knows internal thoughts of one
Omniscient- knows all internal thoughts
Objective- knows none of the thoughts [Show Less]