A sequence of events is the listing of more than one event in the order in which they occurred. The word "chronology" is a list or table of dates in their proper sequence. A chronological list shows a sequence of events.
It's a plot aren't i a legend!
One option is the word plot.
Plot.
Fair
a saga!
Chronology
A tale.
tale
The main idea.
theme
The word is Theme. Aristotle calls it the Thought.
You have not provided the word. To answer a question we need a who, where, what, when, and how question.
The word sought may be tangent, addition, or possibly a sidebar (secondary focus).
In literature, a theme is the main topic or idea in a story. It can be a point an author is trying to communicate that may be stated directly or indirectly in the story.
The main idea that a story is built on. A universal truth of the human heart. Theme is the basic message of the story, like the morals of Aesop's Fables. You can find theme by asking yourself 'What is the author trying to tell the readers?" or "What is the message of this story?" It's not usually stated directly, but you can find the theme by looking for things that are stressed or repeated in the story. The official definition of the word theme is "the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic."
main idea
The word main has one syllable.
What is the main idea of the story? The main character in that novel is the mother, Catherine Grayson. The day after the storm, the city workers removed all of the snow from the main highways and had only the side streets left to plow.
a theme..?
One such word is: where.