Greek A-Level
Greek A-Level glossary
30 key terms for Greek A-Level, A to Z, each linked to the topic pages that use it.
30 terms found. Open a term to try a short memory check.
A
- Attribution of actions and statements
- Correctly assigning actions and statements to the right agent, using Greek case and verb forms.Pearson Edexcel
C
- Coherent extended writing
- Organising the response with a clear structure, making each paragraph carry a clear point supported by source detail, and drawing a conclusion that follows…Pearson Edexcel
- Colloquial monologue and narrative voice
- The novel is written as a vivid first-person monologue by Nina, an Athenian woman, using authentic spoken demotic Greek rhythms.Pearson Edexcel
- Comprehension of written Greek sources
- Understanding each selected point within its original context in the source, which assessment rewards as accurate comprehension.Pearson Edexcel
- Contextual deduction of unfamiliar lexis
- Using context to resolve unfamiliar or ambiguous Greek vocabulary, rather than relying on one familiar word and ignoring the surrounding sentence.Pearson Edexcel
- Critical discrimination among plausible options
- Rejecting options that distort the passage by reversing, exaggerating or misattributing its content, and confirming choices against the Greek text.Pearson Edexcel
- Culinary symbolism and sensory memory
- Analyses culinary and astronomical symbolism taught by grandfather Vassilis as metaphors for life, memory, and relationships.Pearson Edexcel
D
- Diaspora identity, alienation, and nostalgia
- Discusses themes of cultural identity, the dual alienation of diaspora refugees, and nostalgia (nostos).Pearson Edexcel
- Director and year as identifying details
- The row gives only the title, the director and the year, without stating a theme, a question focus or a comparison route.Pearson Edexcel
- Directorial technique and context
- Close study covers directorial choices and the historical context of the film's 2004 production.Pearson Edexcel
- Distinguishing implication from literal statement
- Checking whether an option states what the writer implies rather than what the writer literally says, since the correct option is supported by textual clues…Pearson Edexcel
F
- Female resilience and bourgeois domestic life
- The novel chronicles petty-bourgeois survival, domestic power struggles and hypocrisy, with themes of female resilience, matrimonial entrapment and survival…Pearson Edexcel
G
- Gist comprehension of Greek prose
- Reading a Greek passage to establish the topic, the participants and the overall argument or narrative before reading closely.Pearson Edexcel
I
- Inference from complex written Greek
- Working out unstated meaning from demanding Greek texts, identifying what is implied through vocabulary choice, tone, connectives and cultural reference…Pearson Edexcel
M
- Maternal sacrifice and resistance to totalitarian control
- Eleni orchestrates the escape of her children across the mountains, and for this she is imprisoned, tortured, and executed.Pearson Edexcel
- Memory, investigative quest, and historical reconciliation
- Decades later, her son returns as an investigative journalist to uncover the truth, in a dual narrative alternating wartime events with the son's…Pearson Edexcel
N
- Narrative and character analysis
- Learners should treat the film as a film to be studied closely in Greek, including its narrative, characters and setting.Pearson Edexcel
P
- Precise retrieval of factual detail
- Locating the specific information a question targets, such as a name, number, place or stated reason.Pearson Edexcel
- Prescribed film identification and directorial attribution
- Identifies Πολίτικη κουζίνα as a 2003 feature film directed by Tassos Boulmetis.Pearson Edexcel
- Prescribed film study in Greek
- A set work that learners study in Greek and may be assessed on, listed in Appendix 1: Prescribed literary texts and films.Pearson Edexcel
- Prescribed literary text identification
- Η φόνισσα is a naturalist novella by Alexandros Papadiamantis, published in 1903 and set on Skiathos in late 19th-century Greece.Pearson Edexcel
- Prescribed novel identification and author attribution
- Ελένη is a 1983 biographical novel by Nicholas Gage (Nikos Gatzoyiannis), prescribed for Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Greek (9GK0).Pearson Edexcel
- Psychological delusion and moral guilt
- Fragkoyiannou murders infant girls under the delusion of performing acts of divine mercy, and the plot charts her guilt and descent into madness.Pearson Edexcel
R
- Rural poverty and the oppressive dowry system
- The narrative investigates the crushing socioeconomic burden of dowries (προίκα) on poor families with daughters, driving Fragkoyiannou into a distorted…Pearson Edexcel
S
- Selection of relevant information
- Choosing information from the written sources that is relevant to the specific question asked, checking each point against the exact wording of the task.Pearson Edexcel
- Synthesis across multiple sources
- Combining material from more than one source coherently rather than listing points in isolation, grouping related ideas and linking them explicitly.Pearson Edexcel
T
- The 1964 expulsion of Greeks from Constantinople
- Explains the historical context of the 1964 expulsions of the Greek minority from Constantinople (Istanbul).Pearson Edexcel
- The Greek Civil War in Epirus
- The work is set in the Epirote village of Lia during the Greek Civil War (1946–1949), when communist guerrilla forces occupy the village.Pearson Edexcel
- Tone, stance and implied attitude
- Clues such as tone and evaluative vocabulary that support an inference, so that every inference is anchored in specific textual evidence rather than a…Pearson Edexcel
- Twentieth-century Greek historical context in fiction
- The novel is set against Greece from the interwar period through the Metaxas dictatorship, Axis Occupation and Civil War.Pearson Edexcel
Where these terms come from
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