A Scriptwriter’s Terminology:

1 SENTENCE PITCH - The entire plot summed up into a single sentence.

LOGLINE - A brief summary of a television program of film, often providing both a synopsis of the program's plot, and an emotional "hook" to stimulate interest.

SYNOPSIS  -   A synopsis is a brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgement or condensation of a work.

CHARACTER BIO - A brief history, description, or analysis of a character in a film.

CHARACTER BIBLE - A collection of the character data.

3 ACT STRUCTURE - A model used in writing and evaluating modern storytelling which divides a screenplay into three parts called the Setup, the Confrontation and the Resolution.

STORYLINE - The plot of a book or play or film.

TREATMENT - A film treatment (or treatment for short) is a piece of prose, typically the step between scene cards (index cards) and the first draft of a screenplay for a motion picture, television program, or radio play. It is generally longer and more detailed than an outline (or one-page synopsis), and it may include details of directorial style that an outline omits. They read like a short story, except told in the present tense and describing events as they happen. There are two types: the original draft treatment, created during the writing process, and the presentation treatment, created as presentation material.

PLOTS/ SUBPLOTS - Plot is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern, in a sequence, through cause and effect, how the reader views the story, or simply by coincidence. One is generally interested in how well this pattern of events accomplishes some artistic or emotional effect.  subplot is a secondary plot strand that is a supporting side story for any story or the main plot. Subplots may connect to main plots, in either time and place or in thematic significance. Subplots often involve supporting characters, those besides the protagonist or antagonist.

SCENE BREAKDOWN - Careful annotations of each scene in a play, with all necessary actors listed and some indication of the action and setting.

BEATS - The smallest division of action in a play, film or other work of drama; The moment at which increasing dramatic tension produces a noticable change in the consciousness of one or more characters.

SCRIPT - The written text of a play, movie, or broadcast 

All situations/plots need:

HOOK / TEASER - A thing designed to catch people's attention/A short introductory advertisement for a product/film, esp. one that does not mention the name of the thing being advertised.

MOTIVE - A reason for doing something, esp. one that is hidden or not obvious.

CONFLICT / OBSTACLES - An incompatibility between two or more opinions, principles, or interests/ A thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress.

DRAMA / ACTION - An exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.

DRAMATIC SEQUENCE - The sequence a 5-act play follows including exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action, and denouement or catastrophe

UP THE STAKES

CHAIN REACTION -  A series of events in which each event is the result of theone preceding and the cause of the one following.

RESOLUTION - The resolution in a film is the solution to the problem and main tension of the story. It often explains what has happened, what will happen, and shows a new status quo.

OUTCOME- a final product or end result; consequence; issue.

CLOSURE - A bringing to an end; conclusion.

Terms and the 3 Act Structure:

- PARADIGM = diagram of a screenplay (story map)

ACTS -
Act1 : Set up
Act2 : Confrontation 
Act3 : Resolution

SET UP - Camera position, as for a particular shot in a scene being filmed. 

CONFRONTATION - Discord or a clash of opinions and ideas: an age of ideological confrontation. 

RESOLUTION - The resolution in a film is the solution to the problem and main tension of the story. It often explains what has happened, what will happen, and shows a new status quo.

PLOT POINTS - In television and film, a plot point is a significant event within a plot that digs into the action and spins it around in another direction. It can also be an object of significant importance, around which the plot revolves. It can be anything from an event to an item to the discovery of a character or motive. The plot point is usually introduced at theexposition of the movie.

TURNING POINTS

MOTIVE - A reason for doing something, esp. one that is hidden or not obvious.

CONFLICT- An incompatibility between two or more opinions, principles, or interests.

DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT

UP THE STAKES

CLIMAX - The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.

sources - http://avajae.blogspot.sg/2012/03/how-to-plot-without-plotting.html, http://thescriptlab.com/screenwriting/dictionary