Step 3: Analyze the Narrative Components of the Story or Conversational Sample

The Story Analysis section walks you through how to identify macrostructure (narrative components), microstructure (grammar components), and pragmatic use. 

If you are not familiar with the Mercer Meyer story: Frog Where Are You?, you can download it here so that you understand what should be in the story and what is missing. 

🎥 Video Tutorial Step 3: Analyze the Narrative Components

Let’s start with the narrative aspects of the story and how well the child included the essential story elements such as:

• Setting
• Characters
• Initiating events
• Temporal sequencing
• Cohesive elements
• Attempts and outcomes
• Resolution
• Emotional responses
• Implicit intentions

You’ll mark:

• What was clearly present
• What was attempted
• What was absent

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