Foreshadowing and Suspense

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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!" 

What might this excerpt from "Little Red Riding Hood" be foreshadowing?

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"NOW, my dears," said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor." 

What do you think may happen next?

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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.

What do you think may happen next?

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When an author mentions or hints that something  will happen later in the story, through the things characters say and do, or in the setting it is called a...

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Think of a story you have read or movie you have seen with an example of suspense. Type that example below.