English Language & Usage Asked by Tori on January 25, 2021
What is it when an author starts the book with a future event, goes on for maybe a paragraph or a page, then stops and returns to the present?
Narrative hook.
In medias res.
Non-linear storytelling.
Framing device.
Answered by Pete on January 25, 2021
This is an initial Flash-forward or prolepsis. The device may be used at any point in a tale (except at the end) and applies to your context.
A flash-forward (or prolepsis, also sometimes known as a flash-ahead) in a narrative occurs when the primary sequence of events in a story is interrupted by the interjection of a scene representing an event expected, projected, or imagined to occur at a later time. The flash-forward technique is used less frequently than its reverse, the flashback, or the flash-sideways.
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