Reference Table of Symbols

Exp. = Explanatory matter.

F₁ = Statement of fact from which no inference is drawn.

F₂ = Statement of fact from which an inference is drawn.

F₂a = Statement of fact with inference mainly logical.

F₂b = Statement of fact with inference mainly emotional.

In. = Statement of incident, secondary symbols as with F.

As₁ = Anticipatory suggestion, a foretelling of something to happen, leaving the reader in doubt as to how it is to be brought about.

As₂ = Anticipatory suggestion, a foreshowing of something definite to happen, exciting the reader's curiosity to know what it is and how it is to be brought about.

As₃ = Anticipatory suggestion, a foreshadowing of something to be expected in the way of character development and consequent happening.

V₁ = Description in which the mere idea of the thing described is presented.

V₂ = A kindling hint by which the mind is enabled to piece together a visualization of the object.

V₃ = Visualization of so vivid a kind as to possess the mind completely. This becomes

Vb₃ when it pleasurably affects the sensibilities.

A₁ = Audition in the way of simple idea of the thing to be heard.

A₂ = Audition as a reviving of the sense of sound.

S₁ = Sensation, the mere presentation of the idea of an appeal to one of the other senses.

S₂ = Sensation, a subjective reviving of the sensation itself.

x used to indicate that a subjective excitation of some one of the senses has motor effects, as in the shiver at the thought of a file upon the teeth.

m₁ = Mood "effect," from which we learn the feeling of the writer without experiencing it ourselves.

m₂ = Mood "effect" from which we sympathetically experience the feeling of the writer.

m₃ = Mood "effect," a revelation of the feeling of a character in the story.

c₁ = Direct statement of character.

c_1a = Direct statement of character that does not reveal the author's attitude toward the character.

c_1b = Direct statement in which we are made aware of the author's attitude toward the character, but are not affected by it.

c_1c = Direct statement of character sympathetically influencing us to the author's attitude toward the character.

c₂ = Character "effect," characterization of a group or community of people.

c₃ = Character "effect," class or type characterization of the individual.

c₄ = Character "effect" in the way of individualization.

d = Degree, added to symbol for mood effect to indicate intensity of the feeling.

k = Kind, used to indicate that the inference concerns itself with character and not intensity.

/ = A symbol employed (see section 26) to indicate that one inference is drawn as an ultimate conclusion from another more immediate inference.