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Definition of Cloze
1. Adjective. Based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure.
Definition of Cloze
1. Noun. A form of written examination technique in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cloze
1. a test of reading comprehension [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloze
Literary usage of Cloze
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Fluency: Classroom Perspectives, Grades K-6by Max Brand, Gayle Brand by Max Brand, Gayle Brand (2006)
"To help students read ideas and use the meaning of the text with visual information
to read fluently, we use a cloze reading activity. ..."
2. Teaching Children to Be Literate: A Reflective Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1995)
"cloze PROCEDURE TRAINING Background cloze procedure, or the fixed deletion of
every fifth to ninth word, is a way to measure a student's familiarity with ..."
3. Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style Into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson (2005)
"A Kira-Kira cloze I like to use the mentor text Kira-Kira with many of the pronouns
removed (a reproducible version is included in the Appendix): sister, ..."
4. Read It Again!: Revisiting Shared Reading by Brenda Parkes (2000)
"As a teaching procedure, cloze is an ideal vehicle to model how readers use ...
cloze is used by leaving gaps in the flow of oral or written language and ..."
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