Adding Flashbacks to Your Narrative

Adding Flashbacks to Your Narrative

Grade Unknown Grade · ELA · 45 min

What's Included

Learning Objective

I can incorporate flashbacks into my narrative to enhance character development and plot.

Warm-Up Video

Unknown Channel · 5:00

How to Reveal Backstory WITHOUT Using Flashbacks (Writing Advice)

Practice Questions

5 questions · Short answer

Exit Ticket

Quick comprehension check

Write a short narrative paragraph that includes a flashback to reveal a character's motivation. Ensure that the flashback is seamlessly integrated into the present action of the story. Create a character description that incorporates backstory revealed through dialogue. Show how the dialogue naturally conveys the character's past experiences without resorting to a flashback.

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