Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing practice

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FORESHADOWING

An author’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story.

Not all foreshadowing is obvious.

Frequently, future events are merely hinted at through dialogue, description, or the attitudes and reactions of the characters.

Multiple Choice

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother. Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day. "Don't stop along the way. Go straight to your Grandma's house and back. Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods! Now get along!" Which sentence shows the foreshadowing?

• Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods!

• Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother.

• Now get along!

Open Ended

"Don't stop along the way. Go straight to your Grandma's house and back. Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods! Now get along!" What happens in the story later?

Multiple Choice

Gloria lined up with the other runners. They were all flushed with determination and excitement-all except Gloria. "What am I doing her? I'll never win. I haven't practiced enough!" But miracles do happen. The question is, what kind of miracle would be best for Gloria? Which sentence shows the foreshadowing?

• Now Gloria was well again.

• I'll never win.

• I haven't practiced enough!

• But miracles do happen.

Open Ended

What will happen later in the story that was foreshadowed?

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of FORESHADOWING?

• Sam wished he could rid himself of the sick feeling in his gut that told him something terrible was going to happen, and happen soon.

• Out on this same street last year, she had felt angry and hopeless. Today she felt happy and self-assured.

Open Ended

Sam wished he could rid himself of the sick feeling in his gut that told him something terrible was going to happen, and happen soon. Predict what will happen later in the story.

"Alma"

Keep track of foreshadowing in the film.

Open Ended

Watch the short animated film "Alma" and make a list of examples of foreshadowing.

Open Ended

Alma sees names on the board and writes her own name. What has been foreshadowed?

Open Ended

Alma sees herself as a doll in the window. She notices the similarities between herself and the doll. What has been foreshadowed?

Open Ended

A doll boy on the tricycle is trying to escape from the store, but instead, starts bumping into the door. What has been foreshadowed?

Open Ended

Before Alma touches the doll, she notices that the other doll's eyes are moving. What has been foreshadowed?

Open Ended

A new doll appears in the window of the shop. What has been foreshadowed?