Keywords

Term ID Vocabulary Parentsort ascending Term Description
3368 Aesthetics Narrative Mid-sentence insertion of another thought
3561 Aesthetics Narrative Multiple quotations in a single paragraph
4382 Aesthetics Narrative Narrative anomaly
4395 Aesthetics Narrative Narrative shift
3122 Aesthetics Narrative Origin
1687 Aesthetics Narrative Parentheses
1364 Aesthetics Narrative Pause
2697 Aesthetics Narrative Perspective
2085 Aesthetics Narrative Present-time reference

For when a character switches from past-tense narration (about past events) to refer to the present time and/or how he/she feels "now." -JBP
2182 Aesthetics Narrative Quotation as thought

For when a text says a character "thinks" or "thought" something - often as a passage in quotation marks but also sometimes in italics. In those cases, perhaps the "Italics" keyword should also be applied. JBP
2015 Aesthetics Narrative Reconstructed
982 Aesthetics Narrative Repetition
2081 Aesthetics Narrative Reported narration

For when a character reports what some other character has told him/her about something that has happened - typically for things that the narrator was not present to see in person. -JBP
4165 Aesthetics Narrative Reported narration passim
4178 Aesthetics Narrative Reported narration passim in section
3369 Aesthetics Narrative Resumption of sentence after interruption
1989 Aesthetics Narrative Revision
3081 Aesthetics Narrative Revisionary
1975 Aesthetics Narrative Second-person directed

Whenever the narrator of the text refers to "you" as a specific subject or auditor, as is the case with Lucius II referring to Lucius III in the Reivers. This is slightly more nuanced than storytelling, which is generic. Instead this is a narrative crafted with a particular auditor in mind.
1139 Aesthetics Narrative Self-correction

When the narrator corrects, or significantly qualifies, an immediately preceding statement or account. JW
1650 Aesthetics Narrative Self-Reflective
2212 Aesthetics Narrative Stream of consciousness narration
2315 Aesthetics Narrative Summary
5270 Aesthetics Narrative Suspended|Resumed
4107 Aesthetics Narrative Suspense
4445 Aesthetics Narrative Temporal discontinuity

When narrative relates events in achronological order, i.e. event3 followed by event1 followed by event2, etc. Cf. opening paragraph of Sanctuary. SR
668 Aesthetics Narrative Temporal projection

When the narrative gets ahead of itself, for example in "Race at Morning" Event 305.1 begins "Then we seen him for the first time," but that does not actually happen until two Events later, 305.3, "and then suddenly . . . the buck hisself" (305). It doesn't matter whether the narrative is looking forward a dozen sentences or a hundred pages, whenever it explicitly anticipates something that it won't actually depict until a later Event, it's "Temporal projection." SR
2982 Aesthetics Narrative Theatrical effect
4700 Aesthetics Narrative Under oath
4982 Aesthetics Narrative Unidentified character
2211 Aesthetics Narrative Unreliable narrator
1639 Aesthetics Narrative Withholding
1783 Themes and Motifs Naming Alias
3060 Themes and Motifs Naming And caste
5529 Themes and Motifs Naming As tribute
4951 Themes and Motifs Naming Brand name
2433 Themes and Motifs Naming Change over time
2684 Themes and Motifs Naming Child's name
4952 Themes and Motifs Naming Commercial origins
1210 Themes and Motifs Naming False name
3625 Themes and Motifs Naming French noble names
1832 Themes and Motifs Naming Importance of naming

When a character or narrator draws attention to a name - e.g., the narrator of "Lion" saying as "head bear," Old Ben "deserved a better name." JBP
846 Themes and Motifs Naming Indian name
3621 Themes and Motifs Naming Long name
1166 Themes and Motifs Naming Named for historical figure
580 Themes and Motifs Naming Nickname
3197 Themes and Motifs Naming Nicknames
2871 Themes and Motifs Naming Not knowing person or thing's name

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
1702 Themes and Motifs Naming Place name
2411 Themes and Motifs Naming Promotional
1417 Themes and Motifs Naming Renaming

When a character is given or takes a new name due to a change in their identity. BR
1550 Themes and Motifs Naming Using Indians as names
4123 Themes and Motifs Naming Wrong name
4263 Actions Movement Ambulance
5432 Actions Movement Aviation
4422 Actions Movement Bicycle
928 Actions Movement Boat
1200 Actions Movement Buggy
1390 Actions Movement Bus
5658 Actions Movement Canoe
499 Actions Movement Car
1246 Actions Movement Carriage
4344 Actions Movement Cart
1498 Actions Movement Chasing
1707 Actions Movement Constant
2062 Actions Movement Crash
1039 Actions Movement Crossing
3651 Actions Movement Direction east
1017 Actions Movement Driving
2542 Actions Movement Ferry
1913 Actions Movement Fetching
5080 Actions Movement Flat tire
553 Actions Movement Flight
841 Actions Movement Following
4220 Actions Movement Getting closer

When someone's thoughts during a journey are focused on the place they're heading for, either with excitement or dread or something in between. SR
1915 Actions Movement Hiding
5361 Actions Movement Hitch-hiking
1110 Actions Movement Horse
2723 Actions Movement Hot-air balloon
3339 Actions Movement Hurrying
3735 Actions Movement Interurban streetcar / trolley
3652 Actions Movement Limousine
1441 Actions Movement Limping
3489 Actions Movement Marching
3607 Actions Movement Matching / Paralleling
2701 Actions Movement Migration
1128 Actions Movement Mule
2541 Actions Movement Ox
4032 Actions Movement Procession
1941 Actions Movement Racing
1738 Actions Movement Random
834 Actions Movement Return
1230 Actions Movement Riding
1914 Actions Movement Running
1601 Actions Movement Running away
4347 Actions Movement Ship
2098 Actions Movement Sneaking
1917 Actions Movement Spitting
2517 Actions Movement Steamboat
4889 Actions Movement Stopping

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