cloze

Blank completion test

Cloze is a type of exercise or test where words are deleted from a passage and the reader must fill in the blanks: The cloze test revealed gaps in her reading comprehension.

Used primarily in education to assess language proficiency and reading ability.

The term comes from "closure"—the mind's tendency to complete incomplete patterns.

format

blank

Without marks or content

omission · placeholder · underscore · slot · space · line · missing · ellipsis · lacuna · passage

assessment

test

Evaluative examination

item · prompt · response · answer · grading · standardized · diagnostic · formative · summative · benchmark

pedagogy

exercise

Activity for fitness

practice · instruction · lesson · curriculum · teaching · learning · literacy · vocabulary · grammar · syntax

Opposites
test format/response type

clozemultiple choice

Question with listed options

multiple-choice test · true-false · matching test · open-ended question · essay test

text completeness

clozefull text

Complete original wording

cognitive demand

clozereading aloud

Speaking text for listeners

Phrases
Family

close, closed, closing, enclose, disclose, closely, closure, closest, enclosure

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