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The following literary techniques are used in Lost.

Story devices

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Deus Ex Machina	Flashbacks	Flashforwards	Foreshadowing

Regularly spoken phrases	Symbolism	Unreliable narrator

Plotting devices


Cliffhanger	Plot twist

Comparitive devices


Irony	Juxtaposition

Stock characters


Archetype	Redshirt	Unseen character

See also

Literary technique - Wikipedia article

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