Foreshadowing, Flashback, Suspense

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What literary device is used when Carlos laughed about his fear in the haunted house, hinting at a future fright?

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Foreshadowing

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Cassie poised at the end of the diving board, ready to plunge into the water. Suddenly, she was five years old again, standing on the edge of a dock and falling backward, unable to control her fall, and unable to swim.

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Flashback

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What literary device is used when Timothy notices the birds stop singing, the air is still, and a funnel cloud forms, creating tension as he runs home?

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Suspense

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Shelly felt relieved. She had finally finished her homework, completed her chores, and written a long-overdue thank you note to her grandmother. Her relief wouldn’t last for long, though. Her mother knocked on the bedroom door and walked in. What literary device is used here?

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Foreshadowing

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As the old man watched the boys playing baseball in the vacant lot, he thought back to his own boyhood and the friends he’d had in his hometown. They’d cleared debris and stray bushes from a lot and built their own baseball diamond, complete with an elevated pitcher’s mound. The old man remembered the feeling of standing on that mound, exchanging signals with the catcher, and winding up to throw a pitch.

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Flashback

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What literary device is used in the passage: Cathy skipped down the stairs. Her mother sat in the kitchen, wringing her hand. “I don’t know about this,” said her mother. “Mom,” said Cathy, “It’s just a party. What’s the worst thing that could happen?” Her mother sighed. “Just be home before midnight.”

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Foreshadowing

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Joyce watched the clock. The minute hand seemed frozen over the ten. The slow tick tock seemed to promise that time was moving forward, but Joyce had no sense of it. All she knew was that she had to wait until 8:00.

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Foreshadowing

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What literary device is used in the passage where Linda hears a scratching at the door, which becomes more insistent and urgent, leading her to expect something horrible or frightening?

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Suspense

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What literary device is used when Kim is transported back to last summer as their car rumbled down the dirt road toward the lake cabin? Options: Foreshadowing, Flashback, Suspense.

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Flashback

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What literary device is used in the passage: "Finally the day had arrived. Mary was turning 13. She had helped her mother plan the most exciting party ever, complete with entertainment, dancing, and exciting gifts for all of her guests. While her thirteenth birthday would be one Mary would never forget, it wasn’t for the reasons she thought that morning." Options: Foreshadowing, Flashback, Suspense.

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Foreshadowing