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

4.  Plot  Arrangement of incidents; complication/unraveling

5.  Plot  Character  Moral qualities of the people portrayed

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

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

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

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

10.  Exposition/Prologue  Information about earlier events presented

11.  Exposition/Prologue  Inciting Incident  Establishes the conflict

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

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

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

15.  Recognition scene  Character learns the truth

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