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AP English Literature and Composition Flashcards: Function Of Event Sequence Fiction Drama

Study Function Of Event Sequence Fiction Drama in AP English Literature and Composition with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What is the primary narrative function of a flashback in an event sequence?

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ANSWER

Supplies past context that reframes motives or stakes. Interrupts chronology to illuminate present action.

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In the following excerpt from an original drama, analyze how the sequencing of moments influences the audience's judgment: A hospital waiting room at night. A vending machine glows. Two plastic chairs. SANA sits rigidly, hands folded. DR. KLINE enters with a clipboard. DR. KLINE: Are you family? SANA: I'm the one he called. He checks the clipboard. DR. KLINE: He's stable. SANA: That's a word people use when they're afraid. (DR. KLINE offers the clipboard. SANA doesn't take it. He sets it on the chair between them.) DR. KLINE: There are forms. SANA: There are always forms. A beat. (The vending machine whirs loudly, then drops a candy bar with a hollow thump.) Both glance at it. DR. KLINE: Do you want something to eat? SANA: I want you to say his name. He hesitates. (SANA reaches for the candy bar, then stops with her fingers hovering just above it.) SANA: If I take it, it means I'm staying. DR. KLINE (softening): You are staying. (SANA takes the candy bar and sets it, unopened, on top of the clipboard.) Which best describes the function of the bolded sequence/pacing?
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