and some of the books that this book recommends:
When talked about how to memorize a story, one way to to use a dance - form or direction. Stories move along in organized patterns, and recognizing these patterns helps us remember.
A circular story moves steadily in one direction and return safely to its original
eg. The Mulberry Bush
A spiral moves out and returns us along the same route, slightly or perhaps greatly changed.
eg. Pelle's New Coat
An accumulation story piles up to a finale containing all the details of the story, and sometimes reduces back again to the original form.
eg. The Farmer in the Dell
also,
Linear stories move out toward a new destination, gaining strength sometimes through repetition, such as:
Stories that end with a moral:
on story structures from around the world
Variation to old stories:
A good exercise with children to imagine your story characters coming to a castle or a cave where the pictures are on the wall or have the children step int the picture and tell what's on the other side. Some inspiring model:
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