Child Development Research / 2016 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Appearances Are Deceiving: Observing the World as It Looks and How It Really Is—Theory of Mind Performances Investigated in 3-, 4-, and 5-Year-Old Children Table 1 Story structure coding [
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Level Definition Score No telling 0 First level: nonstory Simple description of actions without characteristics of narrative style 1 Second level: sketch story Characteristics of narrative style, such as introduction of the setting and 2 the main characters, are present, but both problem and resolution are missing Third level: incomplete story Elementary narrative structure without a central event 3 Fourth level: essential story Nonessential structural elements are missing 4 Fifth level: complete story All eight elements are present; only the title is considered optional 5