Actions: Verbal Silence
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
- Explaining
- 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
- 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
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Atmospheric›Grayness | Place›Indian mound | Time of Day›Dawn | Time of Day›Sunset
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence | Supernatural›Superstitions
Relationships: Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Description›Color gray
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Denial | Verbal›Silence | Violent›Vengeance
Relationships: Marital›Adultery | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Eyes
Environment: Domestic Space›Cellar | Domestic Space›Yard
Environment: Domestic Space›Garden
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Twilight
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Domestic Space›Hall | Place›Hotel
Actions: Mental›Inquiry | Movement›Getting closer | Movement›Stopping | Perceptual›Investigating | Physical›Apprehending | Physical›Crowding | Physical›Locking a door | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Reticence | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Class›Respectability | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Mysterious | Community›Opinion | Community›Stranger | Meaning›Mystery | Past›Unknown/concealed past
Relationships: Social›Adversarial | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics: Narrative›Summary | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Time of Year›Christmas
Themes and Motifs: Home›Homecoming
Relationships: Familial
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Institutional›Lawyer-client
Actions: Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration
Actions: Communication›Lack of communication | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: History›1860 Election of Lincoln | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | War›Going to war
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Romantic›Courtship
Environment: Atmospheric›Cold | Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›College dormitory
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Relationships: Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Literary›Poe, Edgar Allan
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return | Meaning›Misinterpretation | Story-telling
Environment: Atmospheric›Dust | Atmospheric›Gloom | Atmospheric›Heat | Atmospheric›Oppressive | Atmospheric›Stillness | Atmospheric›Sunlight | Auditory›Birdsong | Auditory›Haunting | Auditory›Quietness | Domestic Space›Office | Olfactory›Flowers | Olfactory›Old woman smell | Olfactory›Smelling death | Place›Office | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Day›Sunset | Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›September | Time of Year›Summer | Weather›Heat | Weather›Sun | Weather›Sunshine
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Bodily›Watching | Communication›Listening | Communication›Silence | Communication›Speaking | Emotional›Frustration | Emotional›Outrage | Perceptual›Hearing | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Perceptual›Sensing the past | Perceptual›Smelling | Verbal›Silence | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Age›Old age | Age›Spinsterhood | Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Garment female | Clothes›Mourning | Gender›Chastity / purity | Gender›Femininity | Sexuality›Frustration | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Birds | Animals›Sparrow | Body›Voice | Objects›Chair | Objects›Windows | Objects›Wisteria | Past›Past in present | Psychological›Repression | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Odor | Recurring Tropes›Old insult (abiding affront) | Recurring Tropes›Shadows | Story-telling›Reminiscence | Story-telling›Retelling | Story-telling›Story-telling passim | Supernatural›Ghost | Supernatural›Haunted house | Supernatural›Haunting | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Duration of time | Time›Frozen / Static | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Series of events experienced as long duration
Relationships: Intergenerational
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Crucifixion | Description›Character portrait | Description›Color black | Description›Color yellow | Description›Grotesque | Description›Location portrait | Figures of Speech›Bird | Figures of Speech›Bloom | Figures of Speech›Death / Dead imagery | Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Paint | Figures of Speech›Shadow | Figures of Speech›Voice | Figures of Speech›Water | Genre Conventions›Gothic | Metafictional | Narrative›Indeterminacy | Style›Long sentence | Style›Neologism | Style›Numerous adjectives | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Themes and Motifs: Death | Psychological›Trauma | Story-telling
Aesthetics: Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›College dormitory | Olfactory›Cigar
Actions: Perceptual›Reading / Researching | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Secret
Environment: Auditory›Voices | Domestic Space›Porch
Actions: Bodily›Dipping snuff | Bodily›Dying | Economic›Delivery | Emotional›Resentment | Emotional›Shame | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Persuasion | Verbal›Promising | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Economy›Self-sufficiency
Themes and Motifs: Death | Psychological›Manipulation
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children | Intergenerational›Obligation | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Ellipsis | Style›Unfinished sentence
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Hierarchical›Landlord-tenant | Romantic›Courtship
Actions: Mental›Understanding | Verbal›Silence
Environment: Domestic Space›Stairway | Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Public›Street | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Wee hours
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Bodily›Waking | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Streetcar | Movement›Train | Movement›Walking | Physical›Carrying | Physical›Dressing | Verbal›Ordering | Verbal›Silence
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Daytime
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture | Time of Day›Noon
Environment: Auditory›Bees | Natural›Body of water | Place›Houses | Place›Lawns | Place›Road | Public›Street
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Actions: Emotional›Comforting | Emotional›Crying | Emotional›Shame | Perceptual›Sensing | Physical›Pushing away | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Sexuality›First sexual encounter or experience | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Body›Eyes | Body›Face | Community›Wedding | Memory›Remembering | Recurring Tropes›Door
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Movement›Buggy | Perceptual›Seeing | Physical›Holding | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Little sister
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Description›Color white
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Silence
Themes and Motifs: Home | Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Actions: Bodily›Eating | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Movement›Following | Perceptual›Looking back | Verbal›Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Food›Bread | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Little sister | Recurring Tropes›Solitude
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Isolation
Environment: Auditory›Bells | Auditory›Clock chiming | Natural›Dirt / Earth | Public›School | Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Emotional›Scolding | Interaction, Private›Teacher-student | Interaction, Social›Teacher-class of students | Mental›Counting | Mental›Day-dreaming | Mental›Failing / Failure | Mental›Inattentativeness | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Silence
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Education›Primary school | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | History›Explorers
Themes and Motifs: Body›Brain / mind | Body›Fingers | Body›Foot / Feet | Body›Hand / Palm | Body›Stomach/belly | Memory›Remembering | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Time›Awareness of time | Time›Measuring time | Time›Travel back in time
Relationships: Friendship›School classmates | Hierarchical›Teacher-student
Environment: Atmospheric›Creepy
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flashlight
Aesthetics: Narrative›Reported narration