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Technically a flash-back is a device. It is when the author stops writing about what is going on in the story and "jumps back" to write about what happened in the past.

During a flashback, you do not use past tense or describe anything as if it already happened - a flashback is done as though it is happening now.

And it should not be used! Effective writers show their information to the readers without using contrived devices like flashbacks or prologues. You will see flashbacks used in movies and television because there is no good way to show what's going on in the character's thoughts - in your writing, you can show the information by having the character tell someone else about it, or by remembering how they felt during the time. Flashbacks take the reader out of the story and toss them into another time - thus, a good writer doesn't use them.

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