Actions: Verbal Explaining
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Accusatory
- Announcing
- Apology
- Arguing
- Badgering
- Banishment
- Banter / small talk
- Begging
- Bidding farewell / Saying goodbye
- Bless
- Bragging
- Calling
- Calling by name
- Chanting
- Chatter
- Code-switching / Change in dialect
- Command
- Complaining
- Confession
- Congratulating
- Consoling
- Conversation
- Cursing
- Daring
- Debating
- Defining
- Demanding
- Denial
- Dialogue
- Disagreeing
- Discussion
- Eloquence
- Esoteric language
- Exaggeration
- Family history
- Flattery
- Flirting
- Garrulousness
- Giving advice
- Gossip
- Haggling
- Honor
- Howling
- Hushing
- Instructing
- Insulting
- Interruption
- Invitation
- Joking
- Listen
- Lying
- Marriage proposal
- Message
- Misspeaking
- Monologue
- Moralizing
- Mumbling
- Naming self
- Negotiation
- News
- Omission
- Ordering
- Persuasion
- Planning
- Praising
- Praying
- Preaching
- Predicting
- Promising
- Provoking
- Punning
- Questioning
- Reading aloud
- Rebel yell
- Refusing
- Renunciation
- Repetition
- Requesting
- Responding
- Reticence
- Revealing
- Rhetorical question
- Rumor
- Screaming
- Self-justifying
- Sharing confidences
- Shouting
- Silence
- Singing
- Social criticism
- Speculation
- Speech
- Stating intent to leave home / run away
- Storytelling
- Stuttering / stammering
- Swearing
- Talking
- Taunt
- Teasing
- Telling
- Thanking
- Threat
- Tirade
- Ultimatum
- Vowing
- Warning
- Whimper
- Whispering
- Wishing
- Withholding
- Writing
- Yelling
Tagged Events
Actions: Emotional›Curious | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Revealing
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Motivation
Actions: Interaction, Social›Picnic | Physical›Burning | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Revealing | Violent›Interracial
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Past | Recurring Tropes›Revenge
Relationships: Interracial›White-black
Themes and Motifs: Death›Car accident
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Pony | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Politics›Democrat | Politics›Republican
Themes and Motifs: Character›Bookishness | Morals›Faith | Recurring Tropes›Solitary
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity | Health and Illness›Invalid
Relationships: Familial›Aunt-nephew | Familial›Mother-son | Hierarchical›Master-servant
Actions: Legal›Marriage | Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Masculinity
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Verbal›Explaining
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Physical›Riding | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Ancestral
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Objects›Books | Objects›Photograph
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Love | Physical›Reading | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal
Themes and Motifs: Death›Compared to living | Death›Response to | Objects›Tombstone | Philosophical›Existentialism
Aesthetics: Language›German | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Veranda
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Bandage
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departing Yoknapatawpha
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Detective fiction
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Chess | Figures of Speech›Metaphor
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Paris
Actions: Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War | War›Going to war | War›World War I
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Verbal›Consoling | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history
Cultural Issues: War›Going to war
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Chronological enjambment | Narrative›Temporal projection
Environment: Public›Alley | Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Actions: Emotional›Anxiety | Emotional›Guilt | Moral›Aiding and abetting | Moral›Confession | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy | Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Memory›Haunted by past | Recurring Tropes›Dream turns to dust | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Friendship›Adult-child
Aesthetics: Narrative›Commentary
Environment: Time of Day›Four o'clock a.m.
Actions: Domestic›Cooking | Legal›Exhumation order | Perceptual›Listening | Perceptual›Looking | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Socks | Clothes›Underclothes, male | Food›Breakfast
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Place›Cemetery | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Moral›Grave-digging or -violating | Movement›Walking | Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Actions: Emotional›Worry | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Minstrelsy
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Crime›Fratricide | Crime›Theft|Robbery
Aesthetics: Genre Conventions›Detective fiction
Actions: Physical›Pursuit | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Repetition | Violent›Murder
Themes and Motifs: Death›Burial | Death›Moving a dead body | Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Hungering | Bodily›Weakness | Emotional›Peace | Physical›Eating | Physical›Emptying | Verbal›Calling by name | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Refusing
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Lamp or lantern
Relationships: Familial›Adoptive | Familial›Mother-son
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Environment: Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Bodily›Menstruation | Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Recreation | Sexuality›Desire
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Telling
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Environment: Domestic Space›Study | Olfactory›Bad smell | Olfactory›House | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Tuesday
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Bodily›Sitting | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Shouting
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Actions: Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Race›Racial identity | Religion›Fanaticism | Religion›God with human characteristics
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense
Actions: Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dress | Clothes›Sunday clothes
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin
Actions: Mental›Confusion | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Giving advice | Verbal›Marriage proposal
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Child's name
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Spacing
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Teasing
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Aesthetics: Style›Present tense | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Domestic Space›Study
Actions: Perceptual›Listening | Verbal›Explaining
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Violent›Murder
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Guilt | Verbal›Confession | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Trying to say | Texts›Love letter | Values›Evil
Relationships: Familial›Motherhood | Marital›Social respectability
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction
Environment: Place›Official office
Actions: Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Speculation
Cultural Issues: Religion›Relationship with God
Themes and Motifs: Body›Pregnancy | Past›Past in present
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Marital›As atonement
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Description›Stage direction | Narrative›Theatrical effect
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Verbal›Explaining | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | Gender›Chivalry
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Dash | Typography/Orthography›Dots
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Diction›Southern dialect | Typography/Orthography›Dash
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Cultural Issues: Race›Solidarity
Relationships: Intergenerational›Conflict
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Memory›Remembering
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Emotional›Homesickness|Longing for home | Verbal›Explaining
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office | Law›Corruption
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
Actions: Verbal›Explaining
Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Class›Elite | Economy›Banking | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi
Environment: Atmospheric›Streetlamp | Natural›Hills
Actions: Verbal›Accusatory | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Sexuality
Themes and Motifs: Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›Country vs city
Aesthetics: Language›Grammatically incorrect
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Themes and Motifs: Money›As motive | Money›Payoff | Psychological›Manipulation
Aesthetics: Diction›Malapropism | Diction›Rural vernacular
Actions: Moral›Rationalization | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: History›Frontier outlawry | Progress›Frontier to civilization