Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, is a fiction novel about eleven-year-old Marty who hides a beagle from his family and vows to protect the dog from his mean-spirited owner, Judd Travers.
Flashbacks are a popular literary technique for writers to use when starting a story in medias res (in the middle of things), to add drama or suspense, or to fill the reader in on important information.
The term parallel stories, also referred to as parallel narratives or parallel plots, denotes a story structure in which the writer includes two or more separate narratives linked by a common character, event, or theme. Parallel stories enrich a work and have been used by playwrights and novelists for centuries.
Shiloh book by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - Flashbacks
Storyboard Text
Slide: 1
REVEALS THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CONVERSATION
Marty remembers calling David Howard by his full name on two occasions: when David sat on a flowerpot Marty made for his mother, and when he caught Marty with his pants down in the bathroom.
Slide: 2
MORE INFORMATION TO USE AS BLACKMAIL
Marty thinks back to the time he found a dead dog with a bullet through his head near Judd Traver’s house.
Slide: 3
REVEALS HIS FEELINGS ABOUT LYING
What happened to my chocolate rabbit?
I didn't eat your chocolate!
Marty lies about eating his sister’s chocolate. He gets all red and claims, “It was one of the worst days of my life.”