Flashbacks+in+Mississippi+Trial

**1. Character Motivation**:
 * Flashback in Mississippi Trial ** Why do authors use the literary element, "flashback," in their writing?
 * To explain why a character does what he or she does

**2. Background Informatio**n:
 * To give the reader background information about the characters and setting of the story

**3. Foreshadow:**
 * Foreshadow means to predict what may happen in the story