Flashbacks

When the current setting is interupted to go back in time to learn more about a character or a situation, it is called...

• Foreshadow

• Flashback

A scene in the story that goes backwards in time to events from the past

Which of these examples of flashback provide information about an event?

• This takes me back to my 18th birthday...

• Kind and gentle, just like grandma

• Harry was reminded of his first job at the cracker factory

• Just like mum used to make them...

Interrupts the chronological order of the story

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

Often times provides background information 

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

In The Hobbit movies, what scenes are black and white?

• flashbacks

• foreshadowing

Foreshadowing and flashback are both examples of literary elements. 

• True

• False

• Sometimes

What is a flashback in literature?

• A) A prediction of future events

• B) A scene set in a time earlier than the main story

• C) A summary of the entire story

• D) A dialogue between characters

Which of the following sentences contains a flashback?

• A) She will go to the market tomorrow.

• B) He remembered the day he first met her.

• C) They are planning a trip next month.

• D) She is reading a book.

Flashbacks are often used to provide what kind of information?

• A) Future predictions

• B) Background information

• C) Character dialogues

• D) Plot summaries