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Flashback: A disruption of the chronological presentation of events, in which an event from the past is presented in a program's present. See flashforward.

In Medias Res: (latinin the middle[s] of things): The classical tradition of opening an epic not in the chronological point at which the sequence of events would start, but rather at the midway point of th . . . View Full Definition

Narrative Narration: Narration is the act of telling a sequence of events, often in chronological order. Alternatively, the term refers to any story, whether in prose or verse, involving events, characters, and . . . View Full Definition

Ab Ovo: (Latin, 'from the egg') This phrase refers to a narrative that starts 'at the beginning' of the plot, and then moves chronologically through a sequence of events to the tale's conclusion. Th . . . View Full Definition

Analepsis: A flashback.

Flashforward: A disruption of the chronological presentation of events, in which an event from the future is presented in a program's present. See flashback.