Elements to Plot -
Exposition: The 5ws of the story
Incident: Changes the story, usually launches the action (doesn't have to be bad)
Rising Action: Complications of the story
Falling Action: Ties up the lose ends
Resolve: 'happily ever after'
Characters -
Protagonist: who the story is about (doesn't have to be good)
Antagonist: whatever is against the protagonist
Supporting: don't exactly advance the story
Dialogue -
Words, meaning behind the words (screaming I hate you over playfully saying it)
Theme -
Universal Theme: Hate conqors love, good things happen to good people etc
Motif -
Reoccuring Theme
Spectacle-
Everything: What you see as well as what you don't see
Music