Keywords

Term ID Vocabulary Parentsort descending Term Description
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

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