Narrative Techniques

This technique provides clues about the progression of the plot.

• Flash-forward

• Foreshadowing

• Backstory

• Flashback

This narrative technique is commonly used by authors to show events in the future as imagined by a character.

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Flashforward

• Backstory

What technique shows readers a character's traits and helps to distinguish characters?

• Dialogue

• Flashforward

• Backstory

• Symbolism

Techniques used to give context of a story and information on characters.

• Flashforward, Dialogue and Backstory

• Flashback, Symbolism and Dialogue

• Backstory, Symbolism and Flashback

• Dialogue, Flashback and Backstory

Technique a writer uses to show information from the past into a present narrative in order to provide details about the plot.

• Foreshadowing

• Flashforward

• Flashback

• Dialogue

Ambiguous items in a story that represent something important

• Characters

• Symbols

• Dialogues

• Flag

"Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come which shows Scrooge what his future is going to look like unless he changes his ways."

What narrative technique is being utilised here?

• Backstory

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Flashforward

"When Hagrid told Harry he was a Wizard he did not believe. Then he instantly remembers when Aunt Petunia made him get a haircut, then he wakes up the next morning to find his hair has grown back to where it was. ."

What Narrative Technique is being used here?

• Backstory

• Flashback

• Flashforward

• Foreshadowing

"Bob had a puppy he loved dearly, until he tragically died one day by running into a car. Afterwards, Bob became hypersensitive to having children, pets, or any other form of personal responsibility."

What narrative technique is being used?

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Backstory

Cloudy saw the sky turning dark with bolts of thunders running across the sky. His machine had created an impending disaster. "I think a storm is coming." he whispered.

What Narrative Technique is being used?

• Backstory

• Flashforward

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism