topic (n.)
- action
- angle
- architectonics
- architecture
- argument
- atmosphere
- background
- catastrophe
- catechism
- characterization
- color
- complication
- continuity
- contrivance
- cross-question
- demand
- denouement
- design
- development
- device
- episode
- fable
- feeler
- gimmick
- head
- incident
- inquiry
- interrogation
- interrogative
- interrogatory
- issue
- keynote
- leader
- line
- matter
- mood
- motif
- motive
- movement
- peripeteia
- plan
- plot
- point
- problem
- proposition
- query
- question
- quodlibet
- recognition
- scheme
- slant
- story
- structure
- subject
- switch
- text
- theme
- thesis
- tone
- twist