incident (n.)
- action
- adventure
- affair
- angle
- architectonics
- architecture
- argument
- atmosphere
- background
- catastrophe
- characterization
- circumstance
- color
- commotion
- complication
- condition
- conjuncture
- contingency
- continuity
- contrivance
- denouement
- design
- development
- device
- disturbance
- do
- episode
- event
- eventuality
- experience
- fable
- fact
- fracas
- gimmick
- hap
- happening
- happenstance
- juncture
- line
- mood
- motif
- movement
- occasion
- occurrence
- particular
- peripeteia
- phenomenon
- plan
- plot
- proceeding
- reality
- recognition
- scene
- scheme
- set-to
- skirmish
- slant
- story
- structure
- subject
- switch
- theme
- to-do
- tone
- topic
- twist
- upset