ACT Preparation / Unit 16 ACT 1521 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Flashbacks
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The idea
A flashback interrupts the present of a story to show an earlier time, giving the reader information from the past.
In practice
A woman unpacking boxes suddenly remembers the day, twenty years before, when she first saw the house.
Where people slip
Watch for the return to the present, often marked by a change of tense or a word such as now.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
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