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What is the main purpose of a flashback in a story?
to speed up the pace of the story
• to skip forward in time
O to provide a sense of mystery in the story
O to provide important information and details
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O to provide important information and details
A flashback shows events from the past to give context, explain a character’s motivations, reveal backstory, or clarify why things happen in the present. It does not skip forward in time, and it usually interrupts or slows the present narrative rather than speeding it up.
A flashback shows events from the past to give context, explain a character’s motivations, reveal backstory, or clarify why things happen in the present. It does not skip forward in time, and it usually interrupts or slows the present narrative rather than speeding it up.
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