flashback
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Glimpsed in “Alien: Earth’s” first episode, the Maginot had to be fully fitted out for Episode 5’s flashback to the onboard horror that preceded the crash-landing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
In the flashback to the car accident, Eddie tries to distract Daphne with a story about a girl and a horse.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
"I thought it would be interesting to take two broken men in adult life and flashback to their childhood to see what made them the way they are."
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
This will be a tale of crime and punishment told in flashback, rewinding to Becket’s mother, an heiress excised from an eleven-figure fortune for giving birth as an unwed teenager.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
“Me and Hazel holding hands...it’s not what you think. She was showing me this flashback from her past, trying to figure out my connection with Sammy.”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing flashback
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Essential Literary Terms
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Middle School
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