flash-forward

flash-for·ward (flshfôrwrd)

n.

1. A literary or cinematic device in which the chronological sequence of events is interrupted by the interjection of a future event.

2. The episode or scene depicted by means of this device.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

flash-forward - a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story literature - creative writing of recognized artistic value transition - a passage that connects a topic to one that follows flashback - a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story