Exposition—Setting (Time and
Place), Locale, Main Characters
Complication—Anything, good or bad,
that disturbs the normal routine of the Protagonist (pro, primary, and agon,
contest)
Conflict—between man & man, man
& woman, man & nature, man & himself (physical, mental,
emotional, moral)
Seeming Resolution—the conflict
appears to be solved
Climax—point of highest tension
where the major conflict is resolved, the protagonist wins, loses, or remains the
same.
Denouement—the unraveling,
letdown, resolution
Typical Plot: Romeo and Juliet