Structure

In media res

The story starts in the middle of events, or in media res. There is no real exposition or backstory about the action and the characters in the beginning…

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Foreshadowing

By foreshadowing, we refer to certain hints the author drops throughout a story that point towards its end. In “Father and Son”, the man believes at one point that his son…

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Flashback

While the third person narrator does not give any details about the characters’ background, the hidden narration in the memories…

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Flash-forward

If flashbacks tell something about the characters past, flash-forwards give us some hints about what i…

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Stream of Consciousness

Since an important part of the story renders what the two characters think about each other, in most cases the author resorts to…