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Flashbacks, Foreshadowing, and Parallel Plot Architecture

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    <span id="info-text"><strong>Temporal Shifts in Narrative:</strong> Authors manipulate story time through analepsis (revealing past backstory) and prolepsis (foreshadowing future events).</span>
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