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====Flashback====
A [[flashback (narrative)|flashback]] (which is one of the most easily recognized utilization of plot structure) is a scene in writing which occurs outside of the current timeline, before the events that are occurring in the story. It is used to explain plot elements, give background and context to a scene, or explain characteristics of characters or events.

For instance, one chapter may be at present in a character's life, and then the next chapter might be the character's life years ago. The second chapter gives meaning to the first, as it explains other events the character experienced and thus puts present events in context. In [[Khaled Hosseini]]'s ''The Kite Runner'', the first short chapter occurs in the narrative's real-time; most of the remainder of the book is a flashback.