Narration: a voiceover in a story which explains the plot or establishes the story.

Backstory: an explanation of a characters, location or something else’s past.

Flashback: when the story switch’s to the past in the middle of the story.

Ellipse: leaving out a part of the story for the audience to fill in the gaps.

Cliff hanger: when a story ends abruptly and unresolved.

Macguffin: an object or device that drives the plot that wasnt related to the plot beforehand.

Foreshadowing: when a plot point is hinted at earier on in the story.

Causality: the cause and effect within a story which keeps it going.

In media res: when the plot starts within the middle of the story.

Narrative hook: an interesting thing in the beginning of the plot which makes the audience want to keep watching.

Plot twist: an abrupt change in the story which changes the overall narrative.