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• Aphorism
  Middle French ''aphorisme'', from Late Latin ''aphorismus'', from [[Greek]] ''aphorismos'' definition, aphorism, from ''aphorizein'' to define, from An '''aphorism''' (from [[Greek]] ἀφορισμός aphorismos, "delimitation") is a terse saying, [[expr
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• Phoenix
  ...om Classical Latin ''phoenīx''. The Classical Latin ''phoenīx'' represents Greek φοῖνιξ phoinīx. ...o be derived from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenaean_Greek Mycenaean Greek] ''po-ni-ke'', itself open to a variety of [[interpretations]].
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• Utopian
  ...by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_More Sir Thomas More], from [[Greek]] ou not, no + topos place ...reate an [[ideal]] [[society]], and [[fiction]]al societies portrayed in [[literature]]. It has spawned other [[concepts]], most prominently [https://en.wikipedi
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• Utopia
  ...y]] and [[ideal]] country in ''Utopia'' (1516) by Sir Thomas More, from [[Greek]] ou not, no + topos place ...listically [[possible]]. The English homophone Eutopia, derived from the [[Greek]] εὖ, "good" or "well", and τόπος, "place", signifies a double [[me
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• Anthropomorphism
  ...[[reason]] and [[converse]]. The term derives from the combination of the Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos), "human" and μορφή (morphē), "shape" ...ess human characteristics such as [[jealousy]], hatred, or [[love]]. The [[Greek]] gods, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus Zeus] and [https://en.w
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• Syntax
  ...ate Latin; Middle French ''sintaxe'', from Late Latin ''syntaxis'', from [[Greek]], from ''syntassein'' to arrange [[together]], from ''syn''- + ''tassein'' ...], '''syntax''' (from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek] σύνταξις "arrangement" from σύν ''syn'', "together", and τάξ
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• Alphabet
  ..._PERIOD Middle English] alphabete, from Late [[Latin]] alphabetum, from [[Greek]] alphabētos, from alpha + bēta beta * the same way as consonants, as in [[Greek]] (true alphabet)
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• Mimesis
  [[Mimesis]] (Ancient [[Greek]]: μίμησις from μιμεîσθαι) is a [[critical]] and [[philosop [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Satire
  ...origin (''satura tota nostra est''). He was [[aware]] of and commented on Greek satire, but at the time did not label it as such, although today the [[orig ...derivation of satire from ''satura'' properly has nothing to do with the [[Greek]] [[mythological]] figure [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr satyr]. To Q
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• Pathos
  [[Greek]], [[suffering]], [[experience]], [[emotion]], from paschein (aor. pathein ...[[dramatic]] [[fashion]] that fails and ends up becoming comedy. Within [[literature]] and [[film]], pathetic occurrences in a plot are not to be confused with
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• Biography
  Late Greek ''biographia'', from [[Greek]] ''bi''- + -''graphia'' -''graphy'' ...l coverage is called [[legacy]] writing. Works in diverse [[media]]—from [[literature]] to [[film]]—form the genre known as biography.
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• Bathos
  [[Greek]], [[literally]], depth ...is overt, it may be described as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlesque_(literature) Burlesque] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock-heroic mock-heroic]. It
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• Orthodox
  ...doxe, from Late [[Latin]] orthodoxus, from Late [[Greek]] orthodoxos, from Greek orth- + doxa [[opinion]] The word '''orthodox''', from [[Greek]] orthodoxos "having the right [[opinion]]", from orthos ("right", "true",
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• Satyrs
  ..._MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''satyrus'', from [[Greek]] ''satyros'' ...ed : a sylvan [[deity]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology] having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Di
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• Comedy
  ...in ''comoedia'', from [[Latin]], [[drama]] with a [[happy]] ending, from [[Greek]] kōmōidia, from kōmos revel + aeidein to [[sing]] ...ed from κώμη, and originally meant a village revel. The adjective "comic" (Greek κωμικός kōmikós), which strictly means that which relates to comed
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• Dissertation
  The [[word]] "thesis" comes from the [[Greek]] θέσις, meaning "position", and refers to an [[intellectual]] [[propo ...) [[analysing]] the findings and discussing them in the [[context]] of the literature reviewed.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissertation]
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• Plagiarism
  ...]] ''plagiarius'' ‘kidnapper’ (from ''plagium'' ‘a [[kidnapping]],’ from [[Greek]] ''plagion'') + -[[ism]]. ...pean_root Indo-European root] *-''plak'', "to weave" (seen for instance in Greek ''plekein'', Bulgarian "плета" ''pleta'', Latin ''plectere'', all mean
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• Lament
  ...M. Austin, "The Lament and the Rhetoric of the Sublime" Nineteenth-Century Literature 53.3 (December 1998:279-306) traces the literary rhetoric evoking a voice c # Margaret Alexiou, Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition (Cambridge University Press) 1974
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• Archetype
  [[Latin]] archetypum, from [[Greek]] archetypon, from neuter of archetypos archetypal, from archein + typos ...ible [[things]] or types. Archetypes can be found in nearly all forms of [[literature]], with their motifs being predominantly rooted in [https://www.wikipedia.o
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• Allegory
  '''Allegory''' (from Greek: αλλος, allos, "other", and αγορευειν, agoreuein, "to speak i ...ries of modern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_(literature) paradox literature]. In this [[perspective]], the characters in a "naive" allegory are not ful
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