Kufunika kwa zisudzo  

1. Kudziwitsa 
2. Kuphunzitsa 
3. Kudzudzula 
4. Kuchenjeza 
5. Kusangalatsa 
6. Kuyamikira 

Magwero  

1. Mbiri yakale 
2. Ndale  
3. Ulamuliro wosiyanasiyana  
4. Miyambo ndi chikhalidwe  
5. Udindo  

Kayankhulidwe  

∙ Kachibadwidwe (kukweza/kutsitsa mawu)  

∙ Kudziyankhulira  

∙ Kukambirana ndi ena  

∙ Kuyankhula m’zining’a, mikuluwiko ndi mizimbayitso  

Kuzukuta chisudzo  

∙ Mtengambali  

∙ Malo ndi nthawi  

∙ Mfundo yayikulu  

∙ Tsatanetsatane wa nkhani (plot)  

∙ Chiyambi (introduction/exposition)  

∙ Chikweza (rising action)  

∙ Pampondachimera (climax)  

∙ Mtsetse (falling action)  

∙ Mathero a nkhani (resolution)  

∙ Chiyankhulo ndi nsetso (style)  

Zina zoyenera kudziwa m’chisudzo  

∙ Gawo la chisudzo (act)  

∙ Mtengambali (actor)  

∙ Mpangankhani wotsutsa (antagonist) 

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∙ Mpangankhani wamkulu (protagonist)  

∙ Zochitika (action)  

∙ Gwero ndi zotsatira (cause and effect)  

∙ Maonetsedwe a mpangankhani (characterisation)  

∙ Chisokonezo(conflict)  

∙ Kulimbana (Complication)  

∙ Ochita chisudzo (dramatis personae)  

∙ Mkwanguliro (epilogue)  

∙ Mpanduki (foil)  

∙ Msemphano (irony)  

∙ Nunsu ya chisudzo (scene)  

∙ Kudziyankhulitsa (soliloque)  

∙ Kuchita chisudzo mwachinunu (miming)