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Your new ahaFlashback

A flashback presents an event from earlier in the story's chronology. Source: Flashback (narrative) ↗

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    Foil

    The contrast highlights traits

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  2. 22Story within a storyRECALL
    Frame narrative

    An outer narrative contains another

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  3. 23Narrator · explain the literary termRECALL
    The voice or entity telling a story.

    The narrator may be a character, an observer, or a voice outside the action.

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