Foreshadowing & Hyperbole

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously
• A hint at something that will happen later
• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

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What is the Paragraph foreshadowing?

Usually fire meant 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.

• The Argonauts saw fire so they thought they saw humans

• The fog muffled the voices, so they thought they just had the first close encounter with aliens in history.

• The voices were not human at all and they are in danger.

• The voices are not human and are friendly voices

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 word, 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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1. What does the following sentence foreshadow?

_{The village was approached by a narrow, steep, twisting hill-road, and guarded by a notice that said LOW GEAR FOR 1 1/2 MILES, DANGEROUS TO CYCLISTS.}

• A. Many miles must be traveled.

• B. An accident will happen on the hill.

• C. Someone will hike up this hill.

• D. A person will die.

What is the foreshadowing in this passage?

It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps, and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.

• A)That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.

• B)That Mary and Justin might be sneaking out of the house to go the lake but could be in danger because the fog made it impossible to see anything.

• C)They were about to eat breakfast.

• D)That Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake.

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?

• Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods! This is foreshadowing that there could be a wolf and therefore danger.

• Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother. This is foreshadowing that the girl does not have a father.

• Now get along! This is foreshadowing that the girl walks slowly.

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

One way a writer builds suspense is...

• by creating a good setting

• by introducing characters throughout a text

• by providing clues of a future event

• telling the facts

“Remember, Cinderella,” warned her fairy godmother, “you must leave the ball at midnight. If you stay later, everything will turn back as it was. Your coach will become a pumpkin again. Your gown will become rags. Promise me you will remember.”

Telling what could happen in a story is an example of

• a simile

• foreshadowing

• a hyperbole

• the personification

Read the following passage carefully. Which sentence foreshadows that the wedding will not go as planned?

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. The sentence may or may not be in the passage. You are looking for the one that foreshadows something.

• 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.

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as".

• A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

• An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

• an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.