MEANING
A departure from chronological order between the events of a story and the order in which they are narrated.
Use it for
A narrative presents events out of chronological order.Use when analyzing a flashback, flash-forward, or other shift between story time and telling order.
On the page
The narrative’s anachrony reveals the betrayal’s consequences before its cause.
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