Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary |
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Term | Description |
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3281 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Dialogue with no quotation marks | |
1308 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Dots |
This is for the occasions when Faulkner uses a series of dots as a feature of his prose - i.e. ". . ." or ". . . . . ." We can't call these dots ellipses, because they do not represent anything being left out of the text. The most disconcerting use of this technique is in "Miss Zilphia Gant." SR |
4520 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Drawing of an eye | |
5010 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Drawing of delta | |
598 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Handwriting | |
3169 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Hyphen | |
1542 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Inscription | |
516 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Italics | |
2307 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Lack of Punctuation | |
1963 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Onomatopoeia | |
1964 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Spacing | |
1792 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Square brackets | |
933 | Aesthetics | Typography/Orthography | Underlining | |
1571 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Bad conduct | |
4656 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Charity | |
2092 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Conscience | |
2938 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Conservatism |
Here conservatism is meant as a value and is politically agnostic. It is roughly being used as prudence, common sense, and tradition all wrapped up in one. JB |
684 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Courage | |
2400 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Decorum | |
1994 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Determination | |
2384 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Devotion | |
1531 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Dignity | |
2526 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Durability | |
3065 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Evil | |
2172 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Faithfulness |
Faithfulness as a general virtue, synonymous with fidelity and/or loyalty (unless others think those merit a separate keyword entry). Wasn't sure if this should go here or go also or instead under Actions > Emotions. JBP |
4476 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Family honor | |
4250 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Family values |
Not to be confused with the contemporary politically charged term. Rather, these are values shared by all or most members of the family. It's what your mamma or daddy taught you. JB and EP |
1559 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Good conduct | |
1104 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Greed | |
864 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Honor | |
5272 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Idealism | |
3222 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Imagination | |
683 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Independence | |
1115 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Justice | |
1695 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Liberty | |
1583 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Love | |
510 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Loyalty | |
5154 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Misogyny | |
1630 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Moral authority | |
2195 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Propriety | |
2406 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Providence | |
2883 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Refinement | |
3123 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Sacrifice | |
4797 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Selflessness | |
4427 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Success | |
591 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Truth/Lies | |
912 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Valor | |
2296 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Virtue | |
2991 | Actions | Verbal | Accusatory | |
1866 | Actions | Verbal | Announcing | |
1801 | Actions | Verbal | Apology | |
964 | Actions | Verbal | Arguing | |
4920 | Actions | Verbal | Badgering | |
1782 | Actions | Verbal | Banishment | |
4082 | Actions | Verbal | Banter / small talk | |
1126 | Actions | Verbal | Begging | |
3709 | Actions | Verbal | Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye | |
4308 | Actions | Verbal | Bless | |
1842 | Actions | Verbal | Bragging | |
3126 | Actions | Verbal | Calling |
To cover when a character calls or summons someone else (cf. Dilsey calling Miss Quentin to supper). Could also perhaps be used for when someone uses a telephone to call someone else, though that might be conveyed by other keywords as well. -JBP |
5164 | Actions | Verbal | Calling by name | |
3450 | Actions | Verbal | Chanting | |
2436 | Actions | Verbal | Chatter | |
3706 | Actions | Verbal | Code-switching / Change in dialect | |
632 | Actions | Verbal | Command | |
1273 | Actions | Verbal | Complaining | |
1143 | Actions | Verbal | Confession | |
5197 | Actions | Verbal | Congratulating | |
3415 | Actions | Verbal | Consoling | |
797 | Actions | Verbal | Conversation | |
605 | Actions | Verbal | Cursing | |
4338 | Actions | Verbal | Daring | |
5087 | Actions | Verbal | Debating | |
5622 | Actions | Verbal | Defining | |
4060 | Actions | Verbal | Demanding | |
1492 | Actions | Verbal | Denial | |
971 | Actions | Verbal | Dialogue | |
909 | Actions | Verbal | Disagreeing | |
1070 | Actions | Verbal | Discussion | |
2457 | Actions | Verbal | Eloquence | |
3449 | Actions | Verbal | Esoteric language | |
2102 | Actions | Verbal | Exaggeration | |
3362 | Actions | Verbal | Explaining | |
1304 | Actions | Verbal | Family history | |
3676 | Actions | Verbal | Flattery | |
4617 | Actions | Verbal | Flirting | |
3383 | Actions | Verbal | Garrulousness |
Created for Gavin Stevens--LW |
4728 | Actions | Verbal | Giving advice | |
671 | Actions | Verbal | Gossip | |
2672 | Actions | Verbal | Haggling | |
1619 | Actions | Verbal | Honor | |
4404 | Actions | Verbal | Howling | |
1742 | Actions | Verbal | Hushing | |
3390 | Actions | Verbal | Instructing | |
3311 | Actions | Verbal | Insulting | |
3673 | Actions | Verbal | Interruption | |
1218 | Actions | Verbal | Invitation | |
1396 | Actions | Verbal | Joking | |
944 | Actions | Verbal | Listen | |
2742 | Actions | Verbal | Lying |