The article deals with the problem of identifying plot-forming emotive connotations in an auktorial narrative. The axiological status of the linguistic units of the text title is analyzed, revealing emotional and evaluative meanings in the socio-status characteristic of the character. These evaluations are realized in family and social relations and become a criterion of the emotional and psychological state of the character, which clarifies the self-evaluation of the narrator character. The dynamics of emotional and evaluative connotations of the title forms the coherence and integrity of the narrative structure of the text.