| Mood/Emotion: | busy | distressed | flirty | joyous | |
| Action: | breaking up | brooding | bullying | demanding | discovering | firing | grumbling | noticing | pausing | receiving | reuniting | sinking | surprising | |
| Character: | carny | coworker | employer | leady lady | townsfolk | |
| Thing (Physical): | book cover | tea | |
| Thing (Conceptual): | romance | |
| Setting: | lake | porch | |
| Music: | thematic transference | |
| Film: | close up | |
| Analytical: | 9th chords | Mixolydian mode | Picardy third | common-tone diminished 7th chord | motivic transformation | |