| 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. |
| c1a | = | Direct statement of character that does not reveal the author's attitude toward the character. |
| c1b | = | Direct statement in which we are made aware of the author's attitude toward the character, but are not affected by it. |
| c1c | = | 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. |
