Keywords
| Term ID | Term |
Parent |
Description | |
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| 1991 | Clay | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3847 | Clean flame | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3372 | Cloud | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4072 | Coal dust | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4093 | Coupled | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2670 | Creditor | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3516 | Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4446 | Dehumanizing | Figures of Speech |
Narrative/narrator uses a metaphor that dehumanizes a character. Popeye "had that vicious depthless quality of stamped tin," in Sanctuary. |
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| 2374 | Desert island | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1902 | Disease | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3511 | Drained marsh | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3759 | Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2032 | Electricity | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3912 | Embroidery | Figures of Speech | ||
| 760 | Exoticism | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2287 | Expression | Figures of Speech |
Any common expression, saying, or proverb that Faulkner uses. For example, "cat on a hot stove" or "sticks out like a horse in a duck pond." JB |
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| 915 | Eyes | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1545 | Face | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3692 | Fertilise / Fertility imagery | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3872 | Fire | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2621 | Fish | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1533 | Flag | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3299 | Flood imagery | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4373 | Food and drink imagery | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4348 | Gambling imagery | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3587 | Ghost | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3558 | Glass | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4030 | Glove | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3512 | Gull | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1484 | Harvest | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3679 | Hunting metaphor / imagery | Figures of Speech | ||
| 932 | Hyperbole | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3577 | Invisible wire | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4139 | Island of silence | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2668 | Jackal | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3608 | King and/or queen | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4101 | Locked | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2596 | Loom | Figures of Speech | ||
| 679 | Mask | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2397 | Medical / Surgical | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1030 | Metaphor | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2130 | Metonym | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2329 | Military analogy | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2156 | Military terminology | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2634 | Mirage | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4142 | Mirror | Figures of Speech | ||
| 495 | Monument | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2336 | Moth | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4207 | Musical imagery | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4190 | Native American | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1116 | Negation | Figures of Speech |
This is the term for when the narrative suggests an image or action, but only in the act of denying it: "He was not crying." EP |
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| 4097 | Old maid | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1892 | Oxymoron | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4076 | Paint | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3769 | Parrot | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1423 | Pathetic fallacy | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3875 | Pencil | Figures of Speech | ||
| 527 | People compared to animals | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3954 | Periodical filth | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1981 | Personification | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2393 | Photography | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2647 | Pilgrim | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3609 | Planets | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2392 | Planting | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3724 | Poisoned | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3654 | Puppy | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3534 | Rabbit | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2091 | Rain | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2632 | Rape | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4114 | Rats | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1939 | Replica | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2635 | Ripple | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2328 | Sacrifice | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2601 | Scarecrow | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2140 | Scientific | Figures of Speech |
To be used for figures of speech drawn from science (for example, references to osmosis, astronomy, or Darwinian evolution) - CR |
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| 2599 | Scratch | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2666 | Scythe | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2095 | Seed | Figures of Speech | ||
| 666 | Shadow | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3604 | Sheep | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2636 | Shell | Figures of Speech | ||
| 608 | Simile | Figures of Speech | ||
| 682 | Simile-mask | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1903 | Skeleton | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2595 | Skull | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4027 | Slot machine | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4960 | Space program | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2319 | Stage manager | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3877 | Stencil | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2597 | Stone | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3741 | Swallows | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4090 | Swine | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3151 | Synesthesia | Figures of Speech |
For when description in a text merges sensory perceptions. Added for when Benjy in S&F describes "hearing it getting night ... hearing it getting dark." -JBP |
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| 2367 | Talisman | Figures of Speech | ||
| 4189 | Technological imagery | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3874 | Threads | Figures of Speech | ||
| 2345 | Thunderclap | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1547 | Tomb | Figures of Speech | ||
| 1937 | Tornado | Figures of Speech | ||
| 3919 | Toy bear / teddybear | Figures of Speech |