flashforward
See also: flash forward
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Noun edit
flashforward (plural flashforwards)
- (authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
- 2013, “Depp’s Tonto: an upgrade on a stereotype or just an updated stereotype?”, in The Washington Post[1]:
- This "Lone Ranger" begins and ends in a flash-forward, with an elderly Tonto installed in a carnival diorama behind a sign that reads "The Noble Savage."
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dramatic device
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Verb edit
flashforward (third-person singular simple present flashforwards, present participle flashforwarding, simple past and past participle flashforwarded)
- To use this dramatic device.