Which word has the same vowel sound as cat?
Which word has the same vowel sound as cat?
Explanation
Flashback interrupts chronological narrative to show earlier events. Reveals background, explains character motivation, creates suspense. Reader pieces together story from fragments.
Techniques: character remembering, dream sequences, found documents, another character narrating past. Signal words: “remembered,” “years ago,” verb tense shifts.
In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwos background (fathers failure) is revealed through flashback, explaining his fear of weakness. Flashback adds depth without linear exposition.