EXPOSITION: introducing Mme. Loisel in her apartment as she is described as extremely unhappy and dissatisfied with her social status
KICK-OFF: Mme. Loisel receives an invitation to the party, brought by M. Loisel.
RISING ACTION: Mathilde refuses to attend the party without a suitable dress/Loisel gives money/doesn’t have jewellery/borrows a necklace/loses it/borrows money to buy a new one/lives in poverty to pay debt.