Flashforward vs. Prolepsis

Flashforward vs. Prolepsis — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Flashforward and Prolepsis

Flashforwardnoun

(authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

Prolepsisnoun

(rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.

Flashforwardverb

To use this dramatic device.

Prolepsisnoun

(logic) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.

Prolepsisnoun

A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.

Prolepsisnoun

A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.

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Prolepsisnoun

(botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.

Prolepsisnoun

(authorship) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.

Prolepsisnoun

anticipating and answering objections in advance