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Resolution

As explained in Everyday Data Visualization

The concluding narrative element that settles the consequences of the story and presents its final outcome or response.

Resolution is the closing move in a narrative: it settles the consequences of the central conflict and presents the final outcome or response. In visualization, it gives the audience a sense of where the analysis leads after the main insight. section 6.1.3

Use resolution as the final beat of a recognizable narrative arc:

  • Exposition establishes the setting and tone. section 6.1.3
  • Rising action develops the context and introduces conflict. section 6.1.3
  • Climax delivers the main insight or conclusion drawn from the analysis. section 6.1.3
  • Resolution closes the arc by showing what follows from that insight. section 6.1.3

How Everyday Data Visualization covers it

How deep it goes
Places resolution within a five-part story structure and defines its concluding role.
Examples
Uses Romeo and Juliet, The Lion King, The Lord of the Rings, and a rhino-poaching visualization to illustrate narrative structure.
How it connects
Connects resolution to exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, conflict, and analytical conclusions.

Related concepts

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