Ellinomatheia C1 key terms

A grammatical case marking relationships within a construction, identified through Modern Greek morphology and sentence function rather than an English gloss.

The case used in direct address in relevant Modern Greek noun forms, distinguished from possession or other genitive relationships.

The matching of grammatical categories between linked words, such as article and noun or subject and finite verb.

The aspectual presentation of an event as continuing, repeated or bounded, interpreted separately from its location in time.

An imperfect past form commonly presenting background or repeated activity, without representing every past event in the same way.

A past tense form with perfective aspect, distinguished from related dependent or future forms that use a perfective stem.

A category in traditional Modern Greek school grammar involving dependent verb constructions and aspect choices, often associated with να.

A pronoun referring to a person, thing or proposition whose role and antecedent must be established from the actual context.

The central subject of a passage, distinguished from an isolated example or the writer’s specific argumentative position.

A position supported or examined in an argument, identified through the text rather than inferred from a familiar topic alone.

A conclusion connected to supporting reasons or evidence, whose strength must not exceed what those reasons actually establish.

An integration of relevant ideas across materials, showing relationships and disagreements rather than merely placing separate summaries beside each other.

The linguistic linking of clauses and paragraphs through reference and connectors, making relationships in the text recoverable.

A reason offered in support of a claim, requiring explanation of its relevance rather than a confident assertion alone.

The intended recipient of a message, whose knowledge, relationship and needs shape register, selection and explanation.

A reformulation preserving essential meaning in different wording, adapted to the task without changing conditions or inventing information.

The narrative voice presenting events in a literary text, distinguished from the actual author and from other represented speakers.

An explicit comparison connecting images or ideas, whose particular effect needs to be explained within the surrounding passage.

A figurative transfer of meaning between domains, interpreted through the specific wording and context rather than a fixed emotional formula.

A supported account of a text’s meaning, connecting observations and context while acknowledging limits or defensible alternatives.