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plural flashforwards
(authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative. quotations examples
This "Lone Ranger" begins and ends in a flash-forward, with an elderly Tonto installed in a carnival diorama behind a sign that reads "The Noble Savage."
2013, “Depp’s Tonto: an upgrade on a stereotype or just an updated stereotype?”, in The Washington Post
third-person singular simple present flashforwards, present participle flashforwarding, simple past and past participle flashforwarded
To use this dramatic device. examples