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The sequence that a five-act play follows, including exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and denouement or catastrophe.
(advertising) One of four formats used in commercials that are designed to affect the audience emotionally, not just rationally: emotional pivot, positive transition, emotional build, and sustained emotion.
The laptop ad that first showed an IT team with a problem and then showed FooCorp as the solution used emotional pivot as its dramatic structure.
Aristophanes: The Frogs and Other Plays David Barrett, Penguin Classics 1964, pages 13-14 Complexity The development of New Comedy involved a trend towards more realistic plots, a simpler dramatic structure and a softer tone. Source: Internet
He created scripts that revealed a mastery of dramatic structure; his characters were likable and theatrically credible. Source: Internet
A little more work with dramatic structure and ending each act with flourishes and he will have a bright future. Source: Internet
"Reunion," on the other hand, seems old-fashioned in both its dramatic structure (is it just me, or have we all seen a few too many plays set at reunions of old friends?) and in its rather reticent approach to homosexuality. Source: Internet
Dramatic structure contributes to the complexity of Aristophanes' plays. Source: Internet
Dramatic structure Hamlet departed from contemporary dramatic convention in several ways. Source: Internet