Imagery and Chekov's gun.

Imagery

Imagery is when you paint a picture for your readers using your words.
For example: It was a dark and stormy night.  Or: It was a bright, sunny, warm day.




Chekhov’s gun

Chekhov's gun is where the writer subtly introduces an item, and then brings the item into use later in the story.
For example: He heard the twang of a bow string. a paragraph later. As he walked out of the log cabin, a girl on horseback flew by shooting targets and hitting every mark.

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