Keywords
| Term ID | Term | Parent | Description | |
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| 4289 | Maybe as concept | Meaning | ||
| 381 | Meaning | (First level term) | ||
| 5407 | Meaning of | Money | ||
| 2378 | Meaninglessness | Meaning | ||
| 3515 | Measuring time | Time | ||
| 2718 | Medal | Objects | ||
| 2622 | Mediation | Recurring Tropes |
Used to describe the state of being mediated, especially a relationship where the perceiver looks upon or through a medium. JC |
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| 460 | Memory | (First level term) | ||
| 805 | Men | Absence/Loss | ||
| 4339 | Mental disability | Body | ||
| 4118 | Metal detector | Objects | ||
| 1324 | Metaphorical elephant | Animals | ||
| 3509 | Metaphysics | Philosophical | ||
| 4666 | Mice | Animals | ||
| 3023 | Military communications | Texts | ||
| 3188 | Military defeat | Absence/Loss | ||
| 4626 | Military equipment | Objects | ||
| 2497 | Milk | Objects | ||
| 2629 | Mirror | Objects | ||
| 3160 | Misinterpretation | Meaning | ||
| 5154 | Misogyny | Values | ||
| 4148 | Missing | Absence/Loss | ||
| 3245 | Mockingbird | Animals | ||
| 2790 | Moment of | Death | ||
| 382 | Money | (First level term) | ||
| 4477 | Money order | Money | ||
| 1282 | Money|Wealth | Absence/Loss | ||
| 5741 | Monster / monstrous | Supernatural | ||
| 1803 | Monument | Objects | ||
| 1630 | Moral authority | Values | ||
| 3722 | Morality | Morals | ||
| 1092 | Morals | (First level term) | ||
| 1820 | Mosquitoes | Animals | ||
| 1774 | Motivation | Psychological | ||
| 5393 | Mottoes | Texts | ||
| 2491 | Moustache | Body | ||
| 2995 | Mouth | Body | ||
| 2271 | Movement | Philosophical | ||
| 4790 | Moving a dead body | Death | ||
| 661 | Mules | Animals | ||
| 2229 | Murder | Death | ||
| 1934 | Music | Art | ||
| 4317 | Musical instrument | Objects | ||
| 852 | Mysterious | Arrivals/Departures | ||
| 877 | Mystery | Meaning | ||
| 2220 | Nail | Objects | ||
| 2389 | Naivety | Character | ||
| 5137 | Naked | Body | ||
| 2019 | Nakedness | Appearance | ||
| 1830 | Named bear Ben | Animals | ||
| 860 | Named dog Lion | Animals | ||
| 1166 | Named for historical figure | Naming | ||
| 463 | Naming | (First level term) | ||
| 3141 | Napkin | Objects | ||
| 5496 | Need for | Money | ||
| 4261 | Neglect | Home | ||
| 3385 | New car | Objects | ||
| 5524 | New home | Home | ||
| 1709 | Newspapers | Texts | ||
| 3503 | Nickel coin | Money | ||
| 580 | Nickname | Naming | ||
| 3197 | Nicknames | Naming | ||
| 2969 | Nihilism | Philosophical | ||
| 2856 | Noisiness | Character | ||
| 4197 | Nondescript | Appearance | ||
| 2100 | Nose | Body | ||
| 2871 | Not knowing person or thing's name | Naming |
For occasions when a narrative draws attention to a character forgetting or not knowing the word or name of someone or something - Benjy being raised not to know his mother's name in Sound and Fury, for instance, or when Joe Christmas can't think at first of what it is he is eating until he remembers "It's peas." -JBP |
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| 4884 | Not remember | Memory | ||
| 4668 | Note | Texts | ||
| 4218 | Nothing to do | Futility |
"There's nothing else I can do now," Elly thinks (207). Reaching a point where no further options or ways forward can be imagined. |
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| 1332 | Nothingness | Recurring Tropes | ||
| 5259 | Notice | Texts | ||
| 3092 | Novel | Texts | ||
| 4081 | Oars | Objects | ||
| 461 | Objects | (First level term) | ||
| 2377 | Objet d'art | Art | ||
| 1333 | Obsession | Psychological | ||
| 2653 | Odor | Recurring Tropes | ||
| 3117 | Of loved one | Absence/Loss | ||
| 5352 | Of parent | Death | ||
| 1627 | Old days | Past | ||
| 1671 | Old days | Story-telling | ||
| 5742 | Old insult (abiding affront) | Recurring Tropes | ||
| 1985 | Open secret | Recurring Tropes |
Any moment when everyone or many people in a place know something to be true, but they pretend not to know it. For example, everyone knows Linda is not Flem's child, but pretends to not know, just as everyone pretends John Powell brings his gun to work but people pretend he does not. JB |
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| 3354 | Opera glass | Objects | ||
| 3546 | Opinion | Community | ||
| 2258 | Opportunism | Character | ||
| 4835 | Order | Chaos/Order | ||
| 4048 | Order in a courtroom | Chaos/Order | ||
| 4652 | Ordinary | Community | ||
| 5162 | Organ | Objects | ||
| 1387 | Out of ordered place | Chaos/Order |
This phrase derives from the last words of The Sound and the Fury: "each in its ordered place." It is used when the expected order is radically unsettled, such as when one of the spotted horses goes inside Mrs. Littlejohn's house or the mule gets into Mrs. Hait's yard, and so on. SR |
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| 756 | Over time | Absence/Loss | ||
| 2121 | Owed | Money |
This keyword is for when a character claims or otherwise believes he or she is owed money (to repay a debt, as payment for labor, etc.). -JBP |
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| 5304 | Owl | Animals | ||
| 939 | Ownership | Animals | ||
| 2036 | Oxen | Animals | ||
| 1700 | Padlock | Objects | ||
| 1544 | Painting | Art | ||
| 999 | Panther | Animals |