Keywords

Term ID Vocabulary Parentsort descending Term Description
1547 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Tomb
1821 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Bird
1886 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Voice
1891 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Chains
1892 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Oxymoron
1902 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Disease
1903 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Skeleton
1937 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Tornado
1939 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Replica
1949 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Breath
1981 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Personification
1991 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Clay
2032 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Electricity
2091 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Rain
2095 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Seed
2130 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Metonym
2140 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Scientific

To be used for figures of speech drawn from science (for example, references to osmosis, astronomy, or Darwinian evolution) - CR

2156 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Military terminology
2222 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Animals compared to people
2287 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Expression

Any common expression, saying, or proverb that Faulkner uses. For example, "cat on a hot stove" or "sticks out like a horse in a duck pond." JB

2313 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Butterfly
2318 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Woodpile
2319 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Stage manager
2328 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Sacrifice
2329 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Military analogy
2336 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Moth
2345 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Thunderclap
2367 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Talisman
2370 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Bloom
2374 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Desert island
2392 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Planting
2393 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Photography
2397 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Medical / Surgical
2595 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Skull
2596 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Loom
2597 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Stone
2599 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Scratch
2601 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Scarecrow
2621 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Fish
2632 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Rape
2634 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Mirage
2635 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Ripple
2636 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Shell
2647 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Pilgrim
2666 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Scythe
2668 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Jackal
2670 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Creditor
3151 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Synesthesia

For when description in a text merges sensory perceptions. Added for when Benjy in S&F describes "hearing it getting night ... hearing it getting dark." -JBP

3299 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Flood imagery
3372 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Cloud
3403 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Armor
3511 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Drained marsh
3512 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Gull
3516 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Death / Dead imagery
3534 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Rabbit
3558 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Glass
3577 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Invisible wire
3587 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Ghost
3588 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Toys
3604 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Sheep
3608 Aesthetics Figures of Speech King and/or queen
3609 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Planets
3654 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Puppy
3679 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Hunting metaphor / imagery
3692 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Fertilise / Fertility imagery
3711 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Bride / Bridal
3724 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Poisoned
3741 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Swallows
3759 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Drama / Theatre imagery
3769 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Parrot
3787 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Violent in figurative sense

For when a text uses "violent" in a figurative sense for things not actually violent -- violent fecundity, for instance, or "cheap violent blues" of someone's clothing. JBP

3847 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Clean flame
3856 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Arrow
3872 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Fire
3874 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Threads
3875 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Pencil
3877 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Stencil
3884 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Ants
3903 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Chess imagery stalemate
3912 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Embroidery
3914 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Treadmill
3919 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Toy bear / teddybear
3954 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Periodical filth
3969 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Calf rope
4027 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Slot machine
4030 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Glove
4072 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Coal dust
4076 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Paint
4085 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Bestial imagery
4090 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Swine
4093 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Coupled
4097 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Old maid
4099 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Affirmation

Similar to the keyword for negation, but for when a text vaguely affirms or says yes about something. (Cf. Quentin saying "we did" and "yes Yes Yes yes" on 148-49 of SF.) JBP

4101 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Locked
4102 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Wild breath
4114 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Rats
4139 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Island of silence
4142 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Mirror
4170 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Vernacular
4189 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Technological imagery

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