 Assume that you are a playwright in Eureka Springs, AR. What would you need in order to put on a successful play today?

 Plot  Arrangement of incidents; complication/unraveling

 Plot  Character  Moral qualities of the people portrayed

 Plot  Character  Thought  Enunciation of general truths (mimesis)

 Plot  Character  Thought  Diction  Expression of meaning in words (prose/verse)

 Plot  Character  Thought  Diction  Melody  Musical accompaniment

 Plot  Character  Thought  Diction  Melody  Spectacle  Staging; costumes; machinery

 Exposition/Prologue  Information about earlier events presented

 Exposition/Prologue  Inciting Incident  Establishes the conflict

 Exposition/Prologue  Inciting Incident  Complication  Discoveries that change the course of action

 Exposition/Prologue  Inciting Incident  Complication  Crisis  Turning point

 Exposition/Prologue  Inciting Incident  Complication  Crisis  Resolution  Ties together loose ends

 Recognition scene  Character learns the truth

 Recognition scene  Character learns the truth  Reversal  An action that expected to have one result produces the opposite