Keywords
Term ID |
Vocabulary | Parent | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1172 | Aesthetics | Genre Conventions | Mystery | |
| 1171 | Cultural Issues | Law | Retrial | |
| 1170 | Actions | Legal | Discharging jury | |
| 1169 | Actions | Legal | Deliberating | |
| 1168 | Relationships | Marital | Bigamy | |
| 1167 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" | |
| 1166 | Themes and Motifs | Naming | Named for historical figure | |
| 1165 | Cultural Issues | Identity, Cultural | Hill country | |
| 1164 | Actions | Physical | Climbing tree | |
| 1163 | Cultural Issues | Law | Hung jury | |
| 1162 | Actions | Legal | Recess | |
| 1161 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Responsibility | |
| 1160 | Themes and Motifs | Inheritance | Traits |
In the biological sense rather than the legal or economic one: inherited physical, psychological, or moral characteristics. JW |
| 1159 | Themes and Motifs | Philosophical | Human nature | |
| 1158 | Actions | Legal | Summation | |
| 1157 | Cultural Issues | Law | Eye for an eye |
I opted for the more familiar phrase over "Talionic code of justice" to facilitate searching. JW |
| 1156 | Cultural Issues | Law | Hearing | |
| 1155 | Cultural Issues | Region | The South |
When a narrator or character explicitly foregrounds the region as distinctive, problematic, or otherwise noteworthy. JW |
| 1154 | Cultural Issues | Agriculture | Farming life | |
| 1153 | Aesthetics | Description | Character portrait | |
| 1152 | Cultural Issues | Law | Indictment | |
| 1151 | Cultural Issues | Law | Grand jury | |
| 1150 | Actions | Mental | Remembering | |
| 1148 | Cultural Issues | Law | Property | |
| 1147 | Relationships | Marital | Alleged | |
| 1146 | Actions | Communication | Newspaper article | |
| 1145 | Actions | Legal | Claim | |
| 1144 | Actions | Legal | Confession | |
| 1143 | Actions | Verbal | Confession | |
| 1142 | Cultural Issues | Law | Bill of sale | |
| 1141 | Themes and Motifs | Absence/Loss | Kinlessness |
I chose this term because it includes orphanhood but isn't limited to it. JW |
| 1140 | Relationships | Social | Assailant-victim | |
| 1139 | Aesthetics | Narrative | Self-correction |
When the narrator corrects, or significantly qualifies, an immediately preceding statement or account. JW |
| 1138 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Right |
As in rightness, explicitly considered as a moral issue. JW |
| 1137 | Themes and Motifs | Morals | Justice |
When explicitly considered as a moral issue. JW |
| 1136 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Heidelberg, Germany | |
| 1135 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Harvard University | |
| 1134 | Actions | Work | Lawyering |
Performing any sort of work as an attorney at law. JW |
| 1133 | Actions | Legal | Defending |
Serving as a defense attorney. JW |
| 1132 | Cultural Issues | Law | Law school | |
| 1131 | Themes and Motifs | Story-telling | Story-telling passim | |
| 1130 | Actions | Agricultural | Plowing | |
| 1129 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Honeysuckle | |
| 1128 | Actions | Movement | Mule | |
| 1127 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Coffee | |
| 1126 | Actions | Verbal | Begging | |
| 1125 | Actions | Domestic | Cooking | |
| 1124 | Cultural Issues | Race | Stereotype cannibalism | |
| 1123 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Washington, George | |
| 1122 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Benjamin | |
| 1121 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Pharaoh | |
| 1120 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Senegambia | |
| 1119 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Jackson, Mississippi | |
| 1118 | Actions | Physical | Cooking | |
| 1117 | Actions | Emotional | Peace | |
| 1116 | Aesthetics | Figures of Speech | Negation |
This is the term for when the narrative suggests an image or action, but only in the act of denying it: "He was not crying." EP |
| 1115 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Justice | |
| 1114 | Actions | Bodily | Hiding | |
| 1113 | Actions | Moral | Stealing | |
| 1112 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Fire | |
| 1111 | Actions | Domestic | Camping | |
| 1110 | Actions | Movement | Horse | |
| 1109 | Actions | Economic | Gifting | |
| 1108 | Cultural Issues | War | Mercenary | |
| 1107 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Maturity | |
| 1106 | Environment | Atmospheric | Cold | |
| 1105 | Actions | Emotional | Hope | |
| 1104 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Greed | |
| 1103 | Environment | Natural | Woods | |
| 1102 | Environment | Olfactory | Flowers | |
| 1101 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Symbolism | |
| 1100 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Language | |
| 1099 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Description | |
| 1098 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Allusion, Mythical | |
| 1097 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Allusion, Literary | |
| 1096 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Allusion, Geographical | |
| 1095 | Aesthetics | (First level term) | Allusion, Biblical | |
| 1094 | Relationships | (First level term) | Economical | |
| 1093 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Past | |
| 1092 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Morals | |
| 1091 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Inheritance | |
| 1090 | Themes and Motifs | (First level term) | Appearance | |
| 1089 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Migration | |
| 1087 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Agriculture | |
| 1086 | Actions | (First level term) | Legal | |
| 1085 | Actions | (First level term) | Domestic | |
| 1084 | Actions | (First level term) | Composing | |
| 1083 | Actions | (First level term) | Communication | |
| 1082 | Actions | (First level term) | Agricultural | |
| 1081 | Actions | Violent | Restraining | |
| 1080 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Frogs | |
| 1079 | Actions | Violent | Domestic violence | |
| 1078 | Environment | Public | Blacksmith | |
| 1077 | Actions | Verbal | Whispering | |
| 1076 | Actions | Emotional | Defiance | |
| 1075 | Environment | Time of Year | Laid-by season | |
| 1074 | Cultural Issues | Class | Power | |
| 1073 | Actions | Economic | Bargaining | |
| 1072 | Actions | Bodily | Staring | |
| 1071 | Cultural Issues | Law | Bail |