ASSEB HSLC Class 10 First Language Karbi flashcards

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Inference versus stated fact

A stated fact appears directly in the passage; an inference is a conclusion the reader draws from clues such as tone, word choice, or outcome. Comprehension items often test the second.

Simile

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as', for example 'as brave as a lion'. It differs from metaphor, which states the comparison without these words.

Metaphor

A figure of speech that describes one thing as if it were another, without using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'the classroom was a zoo' means it was chaotic.

Personification

Giving human qualities or actions to non-human things, as in 'the wind whispered through the trees'. It creates vivid imagery and often sets mood in poetry.

Alliteration

Repetition of the same initial consonant sound in nearby words, such as 'silly snakes slither slowly'. Poets use it to create rhythm and emphasis.

Suitable title selection

A good title names the central subject or theme of a passage in a few words. It should cover the whole text, not one minor detail mentioned in a single line.

Character trait with evidence

A complete character answer gives one defining trait, one incident from the text that proves it, and the effect of that trait on the story's outcome.

Theme statement form

A theme is written as a full sentence about human experience, such as 'pride leads to downfall'. A single word like 'pride' is a topic, not a theme.

Plot versus narrative technique

Plot is the sequence of events in order. Narrative technique is how the story is told: first-person or third-person voice, flashback, dialogue, or irony.

Central conflict

The main struggle in a story, either internal within a character or external against another person, society, or nature. It drives the plot toward resolution.

Quotation accuracy rule

When a question asks for exact words, reproduce them exactly and name the speaker. If unsure of the wording, paraphrase and label it as a paraphrase.

Rhyme scheme notation

Rhyme scheme is written with letters per line: lines rhyming with each other share a letter. abab means alternating rhyme, aabb means paired rhyme, abcb means only lines two and four rhyme.

Quatrain

A stanza of four lines. A couplet has two lines, a sestet has six, and an octave has eight; these stanza names are common in poetry questions.

Symbolism in poetry

A concrete object stands for an abstract idea within the poem's context, such as a caged bird standing for lost freedom. Meaning comes from the poem, not general life.

Speaker versus poet

The speaker is the voice narrating the poem; the poet is the real author. They are not always the same, so tone questions refer to the speaker's attitude.

Mood answer formula

State the feeling with an adjective, such as nostalgic or sorrowful, then give one word or phrase from the poem that creates that feeling. Evidence earns the marks.

Turning point

The single event after which the story's outcome becomes inevitable. It usually follows the climax and marks a change in the protagonist's situation or understanding.

Main plot versus subplot

The main plot follows the central conflict; a subplot is a secondary storyline. Rapid Reader questions often ask how a secondary character influences the main action.

Setting

The place, time, and social context in which a story happens. Setting shapes character behaviour and often supplies the source of the central conflict.

Title justification answer

Show how the title points to a character, object, or idea that carries the story's central meaning, then link it to one specific event in the text.

Cause-and-effect chain

For each major event, state the cause that produced it and the consequence that followed. This structure answers most plot-reasoning items in the Rapid Reader.

Reported speech tense shift

When the reporting verb is past, the reported clause shifts back one tense: present becomes past, past becomes past perfect. Time words also shift, now to then.

Subject-verb agreement with or

With 'either...or' and 'neither...nor', the verb agrees with the nearer subject, as in 'Neither the boys nor the teacher was present'.

Article choice by sound

Use 'a' before consonant sounds and 'an' before vowel sounds, judged by pronunciation: an hour, a university. Use 'the' for specific or already-mentioned nouns.

Prepositions of time

Use 'in' for months, years, and long periods; 'on' for days and dates; 'at' for clock times. Example: at 5 p.m. on Monday in June.

Passive voice formation

The object becomes the subject, the verb becomes a form of 'be' plus the past participle, and the doer is introduced by 'by': The letter was written by her.

Formal letter order

Sender's address, date, receiver's address, salutation, subject line, body, closing, and signature. The subject line states the purpose in one short phrase.

Cohesive devices

Linking words that connect ideas across sentences: however for contrast, therefore for result, moreover for addition, on the other hand for alternative views. They create paragraph unity.

Story structure

A story needs a setting, a complication that creates tension, a climax at the peak of conflict, and a resolution. Keep one consistent point of view throughout.

Précis writing

A summary that reduces a passage to about one-third of its length while keeping the main argument. It adds no new ideas and no personal opinion.

Idiom translation rule

Idioms and proverbs are translated by their equivalent sense in the target language, not word for word, because literal renderings lose the intended meaning.

Word formation pairs

Applied vocabulary items test derived forms: beauty to beautiful, decide to decision, strong to strength. Identify the part of speech required by the sentence first.