Foreshadowing - Quick Quiz

What is foreshadowing?

• A flashback of what happened previously

• When the author shows a character's dark side

• A hint at something that will happen later

• The way a story makes the reader feel

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What is one purpose of foreshadowing?

• To make readers feel calm and comfortable

• To slow down the story

• To build tension and suspense

• To reveal something that happened in a character's past

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Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?

• When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.

• It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.

• After years of hard work, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.

• Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!

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Usually fire met civilization but as the ship approached the red glow, The Argonauts weren't so sure. They heard deep voices shouting from the shore, but the fog muffled the sound so badly it was impossible to tell whether the voices were even human.

What does this paragraph foreshadow?

• The Argonauts will be welcomed by a friendly tribe.

• A bunch of their crew-mates are making noises from the back of the ship, trying to scare them.

• Their ship will wreck because of the fog.

• When they reach land, the inhuman things they're hearing on shore will attack them.

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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!"

Which sentence is an example of foreshadowing?

• Now get along!

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

• Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day.

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

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Joe and Jill had been planning their wedding for months. In the weeks leading up the big day, they had checked the weather forecast obsessively to see if they would be able to get married in Jill's mother's rose garden or if they would have to move the ceremony indoors. All the forecasts said the weather would be sunny and warm, perfect for an outdoor ceremony. On the morning of the event, while Jill and her bridesmaids got ready, Joe and his groomsman set up tables and chairs in the garden. They decorated each table with a crisp white tablecloth and a vase of flowers. As they headed inside to change into their tuxedos, one of the groomsman noticed a dark cloud far off in the distance.

Which sentence is an example of foreshadowing?

• All the forecasts said the weather would be sunny and warm, perfect for an outdoor ceremony.

• As they headed inside to change into their tuxedos, one of the groomsman noticed a dark cloud far off in the distance.

• On the morning of the event, while Jill and her bridesmaids got ready, Joe and his groomsman set up tables and chairs in the garden.

• They decorated each table with a crisp white tablecloth and a vase of flowers.

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