flashback
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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
We talked earlier about the flashback and what we learn about how Daisy found herself in Gilead.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Or was it a flashback to his old self?
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
He pitched the opening sequence — a flashback showing Kayce in the battlefield.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
As I digested what he was saying, I had a flashback to receiving his note on the ice-cream wrapper and started to feel panicky.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
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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