flashback
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Harris introduces us to the girls in a sepia flashback, their small bodies clad in matching dresses, one head resting on the other’s shoulder.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The Bannau Brycheiniog provided the backdrop for a Chinese village in a flashback scene, something du Preez called "challenging" due to the show's budget.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
The eight-episode series opens with a flashback to Sherlock’s childhood, revealing the loss of his sister Beatrice.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Yet the flashback sequences to Vito Corleone’s arrival in America give it resonance for a country built on immigration, and the film is now almost universally considered the best of the three.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
I'd coached my students through half a dozen episodes, giving them background information and explaining that missing children do not just march through the door ten minutes after the critical delivery flashback.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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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