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Literacy-Based Speech Language Therapy Activities

Narrative Elements that are Culturally Specific

Narrative Element Definition Example (3 Little Pigs)

Internal Response An emotional response to The pigs were scared at the
the initiating event prospect of having to leave
home.

Discourse Markers A word or phrase that "well," "now," "then," "you

does not change the know"
meaning of the sentence.

Embedded stories Flashbacks and other cues The pigs had built their houses
that may impact the based on something that had

listener’s experience. happened to their father.

Causal Relations The relationship between The wolf blew the straw house

an event (the cause) and a down so the pig ran as fast as he
second event (the effect). could to his brother’s house.

Causal Chain A series of causal events Story progresses from the straw
that lead from beginning house, then the stick house, and

to end. finally the brick house.

Protagonist Identification Identification of the main Once upon a time there were

protagonist in the story three little pigs…

within the first scene.

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