Keywords
Term ID |
Term | Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3478 | South America | Allusion, Geographical | ||
| 3474 | Texas | Allusion, Geographical | ||
| 3473 | Atalanta | Allusion, Mythical | ||
| 3471 | Archaic | Language | ||
| 3470 | Ahenobarbus | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 3462 | Romance | Allusion, Literary | ||
| 3461 | Arlen, Michael | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 3460 | Dreiser, Theodore | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 3459 | Sabatini, Rafael | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 3451 | Abraham | Allusion, Biblical | ||
| 3446 | Milton, John | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 3442 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Allusion, Literary | ||
| 3439 | Barbados | Allusion, Geographical | ||
| 3435 | Hinson, Jack | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 3434 | Johnston, Joseph E. | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 3433 | Beauregard, P. G. T. | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 3430 | Venice | Allusion, Geographical | ||
| 3427 | Brest | Allusion, Geographical | ||
| 3425 | Three score and ten | Allusion, Biblical | ||
| 3423 | Cerberus | Allusion, Mythical | ||
| 3421 | Delayed decoding | Description |
Used in instances when the initial description of an object is ambiguous or defamiliarized, and the narrative only later clarifies exactly what was being described. For example, in _Flags in the Dust_, a clarinet is initially described as "a slender tube frosted over with keys" (143). BR |
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| 3413 | Italian flag | Allusion, Geographical | ||
| 3410 | Garibaldi, Giuseppe | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 3409 | Columbus, Christopher | Allusion, Historical | ||
| 3404 | Irony | Narrative | ||
| 3403 | Armor | Figures of Speech |
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Term ID |
Term | Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3477 | Tea | Objects | ||
| 3476 | Ugliness | Appearance | ||
| 3463 | Routine | Time | ||
| 3457 | Bookishness | Character | ||
| 3456 | Duty | Character | ||
| 3455 | Anxiety about|Resistance to change | Past | ||
| 3448 | Aloneness | Absence/Loss |
As in the "aloneness" Addie Bundren seeks to have violated in As I Lay Dying. EKP |
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| 3444 | Artistic creation | Art | ||
| 3437 | Populace | Community | ||
| 3431 | Vase | Objects | ||
| 3428 | Ship | Objects | ||
| 3426 | Disembodiment | Psychological | ||
| 3419 | Liminal | Death |
For events in which the boundary between life and death is blurred, such as when Dewey Dell describes her father as looking "like right after the maul hits the steer and it no longer alive and dont yet know that it is dead." EKP |
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| 3418 | Stillness | Recurring Tropes | ||
| 3417 | Vitality | Recurring Tropes | ||
| 3416 | Blame | Absence/Loss | ||
| 3411 | Decoration Day | Community | ||
| 3407 | Parade | Community | ||
| 3402 | Cards | Objects | ||
| 3385 | New car | Objects | ||
| 3382 | Local legends | Community |
I created this term in response to the local legend of Melisandre Backus Harriss that Chick inherits in "Knight's Gambit."--LW |
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Term ID |
Term | Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3475 | Experience | Sexuality | ||
| 3466 | Rhodes Scholar | Education | ||
| 3465 | Oxford | Education | ||
| 3464 | Sewanee | Education | ||
| 3458 | Taste | Gender | ||
| 3453 | Weak heart | Health and Illness | ||
| 3452 | Social mobility | Class | ||
| 3436 | Peace | War | ||
| 3432 | Noncombatant | War | ||
| 3422 | Traditional music | Entertainment | ||
| 3420 | Abortion | Health and Illness | ||
| 3412 | Hat, stovepipe | Clothes | ||
| 3408 | Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. | War | ||
| 3395 | Change of environment | Health and Illness |
Created for people like Melisandre Backus Harriss's children who relocate to Europe for their health.--LW |
|
| 3386 | Running water | Technology |
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Term ID |
Term | Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3472 | Tea | Time of Day | ||
| 3445 | Cave | Natural | ||
| 3441 | Dollhouse | Domestic Space | ||
| 3438 | Arcadian | Atmospheric | ||
| 3429 | Fire | Natural | ||
| 3405 | Post office | Public | ||
| 3399 | Starch | Olfactory | ||
| 3398 | Shaving lotion | Olfactory | ||
| 3397 | Benzene | Olfactory | ||
| 3396 | Tobacco | Olfactory | ||
| 3381 | Owls | Auditory | ||
| 3380 | Paddock | Domestic Space |
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Term ID |
Term | Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3469 | Tennis | Play | ||
| 3468 | Snoring | Bodily | ||
| 3450 | Chanting | Verbal | ||
| 3449 | Esoteric language | Verbal | ||
| 3447 | Longing | Emotional | ||
| 3443 | Glassblowing | Work | ||
| 3440 | Landscaping | Work | ||
| 3424 | Monologue | Verbal | ||
| 3415 | Consoling | Verbal | ||
| 3414 | Shaking | Bodily | ||
| 3406 | Sending mail | Communication | ||
| 3401 | Polo | Play | ||
| 3400 | Gratitude | Emotional | ||
| 3394 | Indebtedness | Economic | ||
| 3393 | Bailing out | Legal | ||
| 3392 | Sympathy | Emotional | ||
| 3391 | Triumph | Emotional | ||
| 3390 | Instructing | Verbal | ||
| 3389 | Rage | Emotional | ||
| 3388 | Shock | Emotional | ||
| 3387 | Beating | Violent | ||
| 3383 | Garrulousness | Verbal |
Created for Gavin Stevens--LW |
|
| 3379 | Predicting | Verbal |
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Term ID |
Term | Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3467 | Master-servant | Hierarchical | ||
| 3454 | Flirtation | Romantic | ||
| 3384 | Arranged | Marital |