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Narratology Practice

I used the provided Christmas tree template for mapping my branches and my, it was much harder to work through the story than I thought. I kept getting confused on what each part of the tree meant, and all jumbled up to be honest! It was hard, and I hope I completed it correctly. I feel like I am working in the right direction, just hoping the mapping shows my thought process correctly. Since I am trying to teach 8 stages, I spent a lot of time at the top of the tree creating different events, before I got to progress to the third tier where the climax of the story starts and ends with their choice. From there, the story works downhill to a conclusion of the story. Use the link below to see the full map (easier to follow in slides). 










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