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Week 16 Underline or 斜體 只有書名畫直線 作品短 “ ” 作品長 ______ Mimesis Mimesis (Ancient Greek: μίμησις (mīmēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mīmeisthai), "to imitate," from μῖμος (mimos), "imitator, actor") is a critical and philosophical term that carries a wide range of meanings, which include imitation, representation, mimicry, imitatio, receptivity, nonsensuous similarity, the act of resembling, the act of expression, and the presentation of the self. Bildungsroman Novel of education Educate the protagonist Growing up in some way, no moral lessons Move 先感動他們 , 才能教育他們 Fable 結尾 _ 狗尾續貂 Initiation 進入社會 Get started a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. Confirmation 堅振禮 ( 再一次確信 ) Red shoe...

1)   Wreak havoc idiom To cause confusion and lack of order that result in damage or trouble e.g. The typhoon wreaked havoc on the coastal town. 2)  Chicken-or-egg adjective Describe a situation involving the question of cause and effect, or which of two things came first e.g. Does happiness cause smiling, or does smiling cause happiness? This is a real chicken-or-egg question. 3)  Benign adjective Not likely to result in death e.g. Betty was relieved when the doctor told her the tumor was benign. 4)  Curtail verb To reduce or limit something or to stop something before it is finished e.g. The flood gates curtailed the rise of water flowing into the building. 5)   Mitigate verb To make something less severe or less unpleasant e.g. Carol bought a protective case for her phone to help mitigate any damage if she dropped it on the ground. 6)  Predispose verb To make ...

1.       cosmopolite : a cosmopolitan person. Behind the professional caution is a figure of storied warmth and charm, an American-educated cosmopolite as comfortable in the Midwest as in the Middle East. -- Paula Span, "Man of Many Worlds", Washington Post, February 28, 1998 2.       galumph : to move in a clumsy manner or with a heavy tread. Then he climbed up the little iron ladder that led to the wharf's cap, placed me once more upon his shoulders and galumphed off again. -- Alistair MacLeod, Island: The Complete Stories 3.       salad days : a time of youthful inexperience, innocence, or indiscretion. Those were his salad days, and he thought they might last forever. -- David Gergen, "They Love You. Watch Out", New York Times, February 2, 1997 4.       affray : a tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl. Mounted encounters by armored knights locked in despera...