CILS C1 flashcards
CILS C1 · Build recall with a focused review session.
20 cards. Read the term and the definition here. The deck at the top of this page is optional.
- tema
- The central subject of a text, distinguished from an example, a supporting detail or the writer’s particular argumentative position.
- tesi
- The principal position supported by an argument, which may be stated explicitly or reconstructed from contextual evidence.
- inferenza
- A conclusion supported by the available text and context, distinguished from information explicitly stated or merely imagined.
- referente
- The expression or entity identified by a pronoun or other reference, traced through the actual surrounding discourse.
- negazione
- A grammatical or lexical expression denying a proposition or limiting a statement, whose scope can determine a reading answer.
- registro
- The selection of language appropriate to situation, purpose and audience, including coherent choices of address and formality.
- coesione
- The linguistic linking of clauses and paragraphs through connectors, reference, repetition and related devices that make relationships recoverable.
- coerenza
- The organization of ideas into an intelligible and relevant whole, avoiding contradictions or unexplained changes of argumentative direction.
- mediazione
- The audience-oriented selection and reformulation of information across languages or contexts, preserving essential facts and conditions from the source.
- parafrasi
- A reformulation in different words that preserves the source meaning while adapting expression to the task and audience.
- articolo
- A determiner that accompanies a noun and indicates features such as gender, number and definiteness in its phrase.
- concordanza
- The matching of relevant grammatical features between linked words, such as a noun and adjective or subject and verb.
- pronome diretto
- A pronoun functioning as direct object, selected according to its referent and the governing verb’s actual construction.
- pronome indiretto
- A pronoun marking an indirect-object relationship, whose interpretation depends on the construction rather than merely the person mentioned.
- passato prossimo
- A compound past tense built with an auxiliary and participle, interpreted according to the discourse and aspectual context.
- imperfetto
- A past tense frequently used for background, ongoing situations or habits, rather than every event completed in the past.
- trapassato prossimo
- A compound tense placing an action before a past reference point, formed with an imperfect auxiliary and participle.
- congiuntivo
- A verbal mood associated with particular subordinate constructions and meanings, including wishes and doubt, interpreted with attention to context.
- condizionale
- A verbal mood used for hypothetical consequences and other functions such as polite requests or reported future in the past.
- falso amico
- A word resembling one in another language but differing in meaning, requiring an explicit comparison and contextual check.