Foreshadowing, Flashback, and Frame Narrative

What is flashback?

• An account of an event that happened at an earlier point.

• The use of hints to suggest what will happen later, in the future.

• The series of events in a narrative.

• The struggle at the heart of a plot.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is foreshadowing?

• An account of an event that happened at an earlier point.

• The use of hints to suggest what will happen later, in the future.

• The series of events in a narrative.

• The struggle at the heart of a plot.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Mary heard the bells ring in the distance. She thought about the time not too long ago when that sound would take her break into a sprint. Now it was that time again. She was running so that she would not be late for school. Oh, how she disliked the sound of bells!

Is this an example of foreshadowing or flashback?

• foreshadowing

• flashback

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Mary heard the bells ring in the distance. She thought about the time not too long ago when that sound would take her break into a sprint. Now it was that time again. She was running so that she would not be late for school. Oh, how she disliked the sound of bells!

What word or phrase help you to know if this is flashback or foreshadowing?

• "Now it was that time again."

• "She thought about the time not too long ago..."

• "Mary heard the bells ring in the distance."

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A long-forgotten memory came back to Peter as he drove through his old neighborhood. Mr. Smith’s dog was chasing him down the street. He fell, and pain shot through his arm.

Is this an example of foreshadowing or flashback?

• foreshadowing

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A long-forgotten memory came back to Peter as he drove through his old neighborhood. Mr. Smith’s dog was chasing him down the street. He fell, and pain shot through his arm.

What word or phrase help you to know if this is flashback or foreshadowing?

• "Mr. Smith's dog was chasing him down the street."

• "A long-forgotten memory came back to Peter..."

• "He fell..."

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Mike felt as confident as ever when he started his boat engine that day. He noticed a few clouds gathering overhead, but did not worry about them.

Is this an example of foreshadowing or flashback?

• foreshadowing

• flashback

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Mike felt as confident as ever when he started his boat engine that day. He noticed a few clouds gathering overhead, but did not worry about them.

What word or phrase help you to know if this is flashback or foreshadowing?

• "He noticed a few clouds gathering overhead..."

• "Mike felt as confident as ever..."

• "...but did not worry about them."

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"It's going to be one of those days," Marek thought to himself as he looked up at the board labeled DEPARTURES. His flight was delayed. He thought back to how the day had begun. When he woke up, the sun had been shining brightly and robins that had built a nest outside his window were chirping loudly. He'd jumped out of bed, anxious to start the first day of his vacation. But he'd tripped over the clothes he'd carelessly dropped on the floor the night before and banged his knee on the closet door.

The author uses flashback to have Marek...

• remember when he and his mother moved into the house.

• recall that his father had been a champion swimmer.

• recall when he tripped over his clothes that morning.

• remember where he had hidden his old suitcase.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A kind of vision, much like of premonition that gives hints to an event that will happen in the story is called _____________.