- action
- structure: beginning middle end - later, the 5 parts
- episodic moments
- revolution
- discovery
- conditions turning into their opposite
- the hierarchy of development of tragic plot: what's best, second best, and worst
- What is the outstanding bit that inspires or frightens YOU?
- Does he have "sources"? What? From where does he "get" this?
- What seems to be his purpose or motive in this instruction on writing?
This is to be a minimum of three paragraphs. Why?
This is to have a compelling title, i.e., not "Aristotle Poetics"