Flashback

Flashback-A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.

Basically a look back into the past to better clarify what's happening or going to happen next in the story. (LA)

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example of a flashbak - flashback(TH) []

Example: Points where you see what really happened in The Manchurian Candidate

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