For this project (which exists somewhat in parallel to your Closely Reading Television assignment), your task is to read and produce an analytical image in response to a specific CYOA text. Here is one example, a graph I created of The Abominable Snowman:

I have a stack of CYOA texts from which you may choose your own to analyze (you sign these out -- I'll expect this to be returned when the assignment is due), and you should proceed by completing the following steps.

1. Read it. This shouldn't take very long. Most of these books are less than 100 pages, and are written for a young audience. You should read for completeness. That is, try to get through to as many endings as possible.
2. Create an analytical image of your text. This may be a graph like my example (which I created using Free Mind), or this could be a simple hand drawing. You might make this image more map-like, for example, and you should look online for other examples. (This assignment is adapted from similar assignments in similar classes, so there are instances of this coursework.)
3. Write a "reading" of your image. This should take the form of a short, analytical essay in which you consider the unique properties of your CYOA text as well as your interpretive image. Consider which of Ryan's strategic forms of interactivity (see Avatars, chapter 5) are most appropriate to describing your text. Also consider the rhetoric of your image (after Barthes). This short response should be at least 500 words in length, and your writing should be clear, effective, insightful, and scholarly.
4. Post it on the website. Create a blog entry that includes both the image you created and the text of your analysis.

You must create this blog entry prior to the beginning of class on Tuesday, November 17. [This assignment is adapted from Mark Sample's and Matt Kirschenbaum's.]