Narration/untrustworthy narrator- a untrustworthy storyteller, most often used in narratives with a first person point of view

Backstory-a history or background created for a fictional character in a film or television programme

Flashback/Flashforward- They take a viewer from current moment to past or future time then return them to the current time.

Linear Plot- A linear plot has a beginning middle and end and is constructed chronologically.

Ellipsis- the narrative device of omitting a portion of the sequence events, allowing the reader to fill in the narrative gaps.

Framing Device- Provides structure and context for the central story.

Cliff-hanger- Ends a section of a story or ends the story with a complete dramatic question.

McGuffin- a plot device used in films or books that sets the characters into motion and drives the story.

Foreshadowing- a warning or indication of a future event within the story.

Alignment- The correct positioning of something.

Causality- an influence by which one event process state or object contributes to the production of another event.

In Media Res- a device used to describe when a story opens with a character already in the middle of things .

Master plot/Subplot- The main and second storyline within a film to offer different prospective.

Narrative Hook- the technique in the opening of a story that hooks the viewers attention so that they stay interested.

Plot Twist- A technique used that introduces a radical change in direction or expected outcome of the plot in a work of fiction.