Actions: Verbal Explaining
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Accusatory
- Announcing
- Apology
- Arguing
- Badgering
- Banishment
- Banter / small talk
- Begging
- Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye
- Bless
- Bragging
- Calling
- Calling by name
- Chanting
- Chatter
- Code-switching / Change in dialect
- Command
- Complaining
- Confession
- Congratulating
- Consoling
- Conversation
- Cursing
- Daring
- Debating
- Defining
- Demanding
- Denial
- Dialogue
- Disagreeing
- Discussion
- Eloquence
- Esoteric language
- Exaggeration
- Family history
- Flattery
- Flirting
- Garrulousness
- Giving advice
- Gossip
- Haggling
- Honor
- Howling
- Hushing
- Instructing
- Insulting
- Interruption
- Invitation
- Joking
- Listen
- Lying
- Marriage proposal
- Message
- Misspeaking
- Monologue
- Moralizing
- Mumbling
- Naming self
- Negotiation
- News
- Omission
- Ordering
- Persuasion
- Planning
- Praising
- Praying
- Preaching
- Predicting
- Promising
- Provoking
- Punning
- Questioning
- Reading aloud
- Rebel yell
- Refusing
- Renunciation
- Repetition
- Requesting
- Responding
- Reticence
- Revealing
- Rhetorical question
- Rumor
- Screaming
- Self-justifying
- Sharing confidences
- Shouting
- Silence
- Singing
- Social criticism
- Speculation
- Speech
- Stating intent to leave home / run away
- Storytelling
- Stuttering / stammering
- Swearing
- Talking
- Taunt
- Teasing
- Telling
- Thanking
- Threat
- Tirade
- Ultimatum
- Vowing
- Warning
- Whimper
- Whispering
- Wishing
- Withholding
- Writing
- Yelling
Tagged Events
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Revealing
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Motivation
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Physical›Burning | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Past | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pony | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Morals›Faith | Recurring Tropes›Solitary
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Objects›Books | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Invalid
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Love | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Death›Response to | Objects›Tombstone | Philosophical›Existentialism
Aesthetics: Language›German | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Detective fiction
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Chess | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Paris
Actions: Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Going to war | War›World War I
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Guilt | Moral›Aiding and abetting | Moral›Confession | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Memory›Haunted by past | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Refusal | Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Economy›Poverty | Gender›And marriage | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Southern woman | Gender›War | Prejudice›Racism | Region›The South | War›Civil War consequences | War›Deprivation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Death›Of parent | Morals›Injustice | Objects›Sword | Values›Courage | Values›Family honor | Values›Honor | Values›Valor
Relationships: Familial›Exigent circumstances | Familial›Orphan | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Old Testament | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Language›Abundance or flow of words | Language›Anaphora | Language›Biblical | Narrative›Argument | Narrative›Repetition | Style›List | Style›Long sentence | Symbolism›Fire | Tone›Apocalyptic | Tone›Ironic | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›House | Time of Day›Dusk | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Communication›Listening | Emotional›Waiting | Interaction, Private›Breaking marriage engagement | Movement›Buggy | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Dialogue | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Speculation | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chivalry | Gender›Gentleman | Gender›Women | History›Civil War as point of reference | Region›The South | War›Civil War consequences | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Determinism›Genetic | Inheritance›Hereditary culpability | Inheritance›Inheritance of wrong | Inheritance›Traits | Morals›Chivalry | Past›Unknown/concealed past | Recurring Tropes›Open secret | Recurring Tropes›Scandal | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Story-telling›Audience response | Story-telling›Family oral tradition | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Anticipation
Relationships: Ancestral›Generational succession | Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult friends | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Romantic›Engagement
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Skeleton | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Flash forward | Narrative›Foreshadowing | Narrative›Frame | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Four o'clock a.m.
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Legal›Exhumation order | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Socks | Clothes›Underclothes, male | Food›Breakfast
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Detective fiction
Actions: Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Repetition | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Moving a dead body | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Hungering | Bodily›Weakness | Emotional›Peace | Physical›Eating | Physical›Emptying | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Refusing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Menstruation | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Sexuality›Desire
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Telling
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Olfactory›Bad smell | Olfactory›House | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Tuesday
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity | Religion›Fanaticism | Religion›God with human characteristics
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Sunday clothes
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Mental›Confusion | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Explaining
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Violent›Murder
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Guilt | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Love letter | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Marital›Social respectability
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Relationship with God
Themes and Motifs: Body›Pregnancy | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Marital›As atonement
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Gender›Chivalry
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Official office | Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Communication›Letter | Physical›Escape from confinement | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Threat
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Themes and Motifs: Art›And civilization | Philosophical›Human experience
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Narrative›First-person vernacular
Environment: Public›Post office
Actions: Communication›Letter | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Congress | Prejudice›Anti-Semitism | Region›North
Actions: Economic›Shopping | Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Tie
Aesthetics: Language›Foreign language
Actions: Bodily›Fainting | Emotional›Shock | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat | War›Death
Themes and Motifs: Determinism›Fated | Home›Homecoming
Environment: Domestic Space›Gallery | Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Military | Religion›Preacher / Minister | War›Draft evasion / Draft dodging | War›World War II
Environment: Natural›Sea / Ocean
Cultural Issues: War›World War II
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Insulting
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Military awards | War›Veterans
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife | Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure | Religion›Fanaticism
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Jesus
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Intolerance | History›Post-war society | Politics›Progressive | War›On homefront | War›Peace
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Incarceration | Law›Pardon
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Kinlessness | Home›Destroyed | Money›Cash | Psychological›Madness
Relationships: Familial›Cousin | Familial›Extended family
Environment: Place›Office | Time of Day›Evening
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Freedom of choice
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Salvation
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Emotional›Waiting | Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Speculation
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Auditory›Clock chiming | Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Sunday
Actions: Emotional›Waiting | Mental›Speculation | Movement›Car | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Clock | Philosophical›Freedom
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Mental›Curiosity | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues: Law›Legal advice | Law›Parole
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Starlight | Domestic Space›Cellar | Natural›Hills | Place›Decayed house
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Movement›Car | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Class›Town v. country/farm | Gender›Women
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Zodiac | Diction›Rural vernacular
Cultural Issues: Law›Insanity plea
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Absence
Environment: Place›Official office | Place›Penitentiary
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Naming›False name
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Verbal›Explaining
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Economy›Banking | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Natural›Hills
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Regret | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Helen of Troy
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Food›Ice-cream | Sexuality›Pornography | War›World War I
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Physical›Discovering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Evidence | Law›Revenue officer
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Emotional›Suspicion | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Investigating | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Government›Civic officials | Law›Clue | Law›Legal issue | Sexuality›Pornography
Relationships: Civic›Pillar of the community
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Grammatically incorrect
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Materialism›Status | Progress›Consumerism
Themes and Motifs: Money
Relationships: Ancestral | Marital›Husband-wife
Actions: Economic›Barter | Mental›Misunderstanding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance | Recurring Tropes›"Wait" | Recurring Tropes›Open secret
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Men vs women | Law›Lawsuit
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Payoff | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Emotional›Fear | Mental›Believing | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Misspeaking
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Clothes | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Education›College | Education›Female education
Themes and Motifs: Money›Inheritance
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Grammatically incorrect
Actions: Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: History›Frontier outlawry | Progress›Frontier to civilization
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee | Familial›Parents-children | Familial›Surrogate
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Cousin | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person | Narrative›Frame | Narrative›Temporal projection
Actions: Agricultural›Farming | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Migration
Actions: Movement›Migration | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Past›Family history | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders
Actions: Economic›Bribing | Interaction, Social›Shopping | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Clothes›Garment female | Entertainment›Beach resort
Themes and Motifs: Money›Gift of money
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Gender›Female stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Importance of naming
Aesthetics: Narrative›Self-correction
Actions: Economic›Gifting | Economic›Transactional | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Education›Female education
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Emotional›Empathy | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Environment: Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›Winter
Actions: Emotional›Defiance | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Refusing
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Fur coat / suit
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Legal›Will | Mental›Speculation | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Inheritance›Property
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Verbal›Explaining | Work›Lawyering
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›"Wait"
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Legal›Will | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining
Relationships: Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Social›Elopement | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues: Law›Bill of sale
Actions: Mental›Suppression / trying not to think | Mental›Unaware | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Speculation
Relationships: Sexual›Inappropriate
Environment: Public›Street | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Texts›Letters
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Military analogy
Actions: Economic›Horse trading | Economic›Scheming | Economic›Trading | Emotional›Vengeful | Moral›Deception | Physical›Digging | Physical›Hiding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Economy›Gift | Health and Illness›Injured
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Bad conduct | Values›Truth/Lies