The reader jumps right into the action of the Iliad. Read this version of the first lines
of the Iliad,
This is the story of the anger of Achilles, that brought countless ills upon the
Achaeans, from the day on which King Agamemnon and great Achilles first fell out
with one another
Which story structure begins the story in the middle of the action?
onomatopoeia
flashback
in medias res
hyperbole