Determine the following for each narrative: 1) Prologue, 2) Central Issue, 3) Epilogue, 4) average sentence length (MLU), 5) which sentences are significantly above or below the MLU (You can just give

This narrative is about a lost check (ignore this sentence in your analysis).

On December 15, 19-- in the late afternoon hours, Don L. Harrington, wife Wanda, and friends Amy Barr, Judy Partin and Myself Bob Boone, went to Taylor’s to pick up some layaway items. We used two cars because there was some bulky merchandise such as bicycles and a battery-operated car. Don had just gotten his paycheck so instead of making a trip to the bank he would pay the balance of the layaway with his check. Wanda usually handles the finances, so she had Don’s check in her purse. So Wanda hands Don his check which in turn he gives it to the layaway clerk. The clerk looked at the check and said that she couldn’t accept it but it was obvious that the clerk was inexperienced, because in fact it was the other clerk working in layaway that told the clerk that she would have to check with the manager first. So the clerk takes the check over to the manager and we all see the manager shake her head “no.” By this time Don sees that he can’t use his check which was a surprise to us because it was a payroll check instead of a personal check. But instead of causing chaos, Don decided to pay for it in cash which Wanda had in her purse. So Don asked her for the money, gave it to the clerk, the clerk gave him the receipt, and we went to the back to pick up the merchandise. In all the confusion, Don thought that Wanda had the check and Wanda thought that Don had it and by this time we had gotten to Don’s house. So Don called ABC Company and told the payroll dept. that his check was lost.