Actions: Verbal Telling
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
- Silence
- Singing
- Social criticism
- Speculation
- Speech
- Stating intent to leave home / run away
- Storytelling
- Stuttering / stammering
- Swearing
- Talking
- Taunt
- Teasing
- Thanking
- Threat
- Tirade
- Ultimatum
- Vowing
- Warning
- Whimper
- Whispering
- Wishing
- Withholding
- Writing
- Yelling
Tagged Events
Themes and Motifs: Time›Measuring time
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile
Environment: Public›Restaurant
Cultural Issues: Age›Premature aging
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Milk | Psychological›Trauma
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Canada
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda | Public›Store
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Cultural Issues: Law›Grand jury | Law›Making a case
Themes and Motifs: Past›As explanatory
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Wet clothes
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Baptism
Themes and Motifs: Character›Innocence | Community | Psychological›Trauma
Relationships: Familial›Sister-sister
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual
Actions: Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing in war
Cultural Issues: Race›Equal rights | Race›Inequalities | War›World War I
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Black stereotype
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Relationships: Marital›Conflict | Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Dehumanizing | Narrative›Summary | Recurring Episodes›Rider in jail
Environment: Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Familial›Husband-wife
Environment: Natural›Creek bottom
Actions: Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Moonshine | Crime›Moonshining
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Rivalry
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Horse | Physical›Digging | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Warning
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Day›Breakfast
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Place›Orphanage | Time of Year›Christmas
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Frock coat | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Preacher / Minister
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Arrival
Relationships: Familial›Parents-children | Marital›Common law
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Race›Hierarchical | Race›White race
Relationships: Familial›Father-daughter | Intergenerational›Obligation
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Time of Year›Christmas | Time of Year›September
Actions: Bodily›Gaining weight | Bodily›Pregnancy | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Sexual
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Kitchen | Time of Day›Supper
Actions: Bodily›Eating supper | Communication›Note | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Climbing stairs | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Taunt | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Hitting
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Bed | Objects›Eyeglasses | Objects›Lamp or lantern
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Matchstick | Objects›Pistol
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Physical›Hitting | Verbal›Demanding | Verbal›Telling | Verbal›Withholding | Violent›Beating
Cultural Issues: Violence›By police | Violence›Interracial
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Domestic Space›Parlor | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard
Environment: Place›Church | Time of Day›Evening
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Place›Church
Environment: Domestic Space›Backyard | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Bodily›Sleeping | Bodily›Standing | Bodily›Waking | Emotional›Dread | Mental›Thinking | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Religion
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Bodily›Watching | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife | Familial›Parents-children
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Actions: Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Verbal›Moralizing | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Prejudice›Racism | Race›Racial identity | Religion›Fanaticism | Religion›God with human characteristics
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Aesthetics: Diction›Misogynistic wording | Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Time of Day›Monday morning
Actions: Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Watching | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Commercial›Landlord-tenant
Aesthetics: Style›Unfinished sentence | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Monday
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Retelling
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | War›Civil War
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Chickens/roosters
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect
Environment: Domestic Space›Home
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Story-telling passim
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions: Movement›Truck | Perceptual›Observing | Physical›Camping | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Watching | Mental›Thinking | Perceptual›Listening | Physical›Waiting | Verbal›Telling
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Extra-marital
Relationships: Romantic›Unrequited
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Daybreak | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Movement›Running | Movement›Truck | Verbal›Announcing | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Telling
Relationships: Romantic›Extra-marital
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Wrong name
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Collective memory
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Negro voting
Cultural Issues: Race›Friendly interaction
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Verbal›Telling
Actions: Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Economic›Bootlegging | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Dragging
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human nature
Environment: Domestic Space›Boarding house | Domestic Space›Parlor
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Yard
Cultural Issues: Crime›Bootlegging | Crime›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Relationships: Sexual | Social›Assailant-victim
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office | Time of Day›Saturday morning
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity | Slavery›Metaphorical
Relationships: Interracial›Conflict | Sexual›Inappropriate
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity
Environment: Place›Sheriff's office
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Bootlegging | Sexuality›Prostitution | War›Military reassignment
Relationships: Sexual›Extramarital
Environment: Place›Decayed plantation
Aesthetics: Narrative›Anticipation | Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chastity / purity | History›European
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Military equipment
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Goodwin's
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello
Cultural Issues: Crime›Prostitution | Sexuality›Perverse
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Madness
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Temple at Reba's
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cows | Memory›Remembering | Objects›Bow and arrow | Time›Abrupt shift in time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics: Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Themes and Motifs: Death›Funeral | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration
Cultural Issues: Gender›Marriage | War›Reconstruction
Cultural Issues: War›Union Army