flashback

nouns

a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
flashback
antonym
flash-forward
is derived from
flash back
domain category
creative writing of recognized artistic value
literature
is a type of (narrower)
a passage that connects a topic to one that follows
transition
an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
flashback
is a type of (narrower)
happening again (especially at regular intervals)
"the return of spring"
recurrence, return