Flashback vs. Foreshadowing

Flashbacknoun

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

Flashbacknoun

(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs.

Flashbacknoun

A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.

Flashbacknoun

The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.

Flashbacknoun

(databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.

Flashbackverb

(intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.

Flashbacknoun

a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene; also, the scene thus introduced.

Flashbacknoun

An unusually vivid recollection of a prior experience, often one that is traumatic, such as scenes from combat or a criminal assault, or induced by hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD; when accompanied by hallucinations it is called flashback hallucinosis.

Flashbacknoun

a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

Flashbacknoun

an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

Foreshadowingnoun

A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.

Foreshadowingnoun

the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

Foreshadowingadjective

indistinctly prophetic

Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story, or a chapter, and it helps the reader develop expectations about the upcoming events.A writer may implement foreshadowing in many different ways.