Foreshadowing and Irony

Foreshadowing is:

• a. what has happened in the past

• b. what is going on in the present

• c. a hint of what is going to happen in the future

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Decide whether the sentences are an example of foreshadowing or irony.

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

• a. foreshadowing

• b. flashback

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

3. Foreshadowing is...

• a. the main story of a literary work.

• b. a play about ridiculous and absurd situations.

• c. a cutting and often ironic remark

• d. clues that hint at events that will occur later in the plot

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

4. Decide whether the sentences are an example of foreshadowing or irony.

In real life, an ambulance comes to a woman's house to take her to the hospital, hopefully to save her life. On the way to the hospital the ambulance is hit by a semi truck and everyone on board the ambulance is killed.

• a. Foreshadowing

• b. Irony

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

5. Irony is :

• a. a difference between the surface meaning of something that is said and the underlying meaning.

• b. clues that hint at events that will occur later in the plot.

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CCSS.L.8.5A