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The following literary techniques are used in Lost.

Story devices

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Flashbacks	Flashforwards	Foreshadowing

Regularly spoken phrases	Symbolism	Unreliable narrator

Plotting devices


Cliffhanger	Mindf*ck	Plot twist

Comparitive devices


Irony	Juxtaposition

Stock characters


Archetype	Redshirt	Unseen character

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 The following '''literary techniques''' are used in ''Lost''.
+=== Story devices ===
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+! width="20%" |
 |-
-! [[Cliffhanger]]
 ! [[Flashbacks]]
 ! [[Flashforwards]]
 ! [[Foreshadowing]]
+! &nbsp;
+|-
+! width="20%" | [[Image:3x04-Sawyer.jpg|150x75px]]
+! width="20%" | [[Image:GlassBallerina2.jpg|150x75px]]
+! width="20%" | [[Image:3x22_jack_hospital_hamill.jpg|150x75px]]
+! width="20%" | &nbsp;
+|-
+! [[Regularly spoken phrases]]
+! [[Symbolism]]
+! [[Unreliable narrator]]
+! &nbsp;
 |-
 |}
+=== Plotting devices ===
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-! width="20%" | [[Image:Normal expose-promo15.jpg|150x75px]]
+! width="20%" | [[Image:Ep1x19-hatch_light.jpg|150x75px]]
-! width="20%" | [[Image:1X19-LockeIsland.jpg|150x75px]]
 ! width="20%" | [[Image:Jins grave.jpg|150x75px]]
 ! width="20%" | [[Image:Islands.jpg|150x75px]]
+! width="20%" | &nbsp;
 |-
-! [[Irony]]
+! [[Cliffhanger]]
-! [[Juxtaposition]]
 ! [[Mindf*ck]]
 ! [[Plot twist]]
+! &nbsp;
 |-
 |}
+=== Comparitive devices ===
 {| width="100%" border="0"
+! width="20%" | [[Image:Normal expose-promo15.jpg|150x75px]]
-! width="20%" | [[Image:3x04-Sawyer.jpg|150x75px]]
+! width="20%" | [[Image:1X19-LockeIsland.jpg|150x75px]]
-! width="20%" | [[Image:GlassBallerina2.jpg|150x75px]]
+! width="20%" | &nbsp;
-! width="20%" | [[Image:3x22_jack_hospital_hamill.jpg|150x75px]]
 ! width="20%" | &nbsp;
 |-
+! [[Irony]]
-! [[Regularly spoken phrases]]
-! [[Symbolism]]
+! [[Juxtaposition]]
+! &nbsp;
-! [[Unreliable narrator]]
+! &nbsp;
 |-
 |}
 === Stock characters ===
 {| width="100%" border="0"
 ! width="20%" | [[Image:1x04rosejack.JPG|150x75px]]