Foreshadowing, flashforwards, and flashbacks

The story we are reading this week features

• Indirect Foreshadowing

• I'm not sure

• Direct Foreshadowing

• Suspense

Which is a reason an author might include a flashback?

• To engage the reader's senses with vivid details

• To distract the reader from the story's main action

• To summarize events as quickly as possible

• To show how a character has changed over time

Make an inference: what is the paragraph foreshadowing?

"Peter I don't think we should jump out of a plane like this."

"Allison relax I'm the King and you're my general. What could go wrong?"

• Something goes wrong

• Allison inherits the throne

• Nothing goes wrong

• Nothing goes wrong

“You’ve got this!” Sara cheered, standing on the sidewalk. She watched as her dad followed closely behind her little brother’s bike. As he let go, she couldn’t help but think of when she first learned to ride a bike. She could still feel her heart racing and remember how scared she was, waiting for her dad to let go. She knew exactly how her brother was feeling.

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

A scene in the story that goes backwards in time to events from the past

what is foreshadowing

• when the author hints something to happen

• when you look at your shadow

• when you shoot your shadow in fortnite

When the current setting is interupted to go back in time to learn more about a character or a situation, it is called...

• Foreshadow
• Flashback

Which of these examples of flashback provide information about an event?

• This takes me back to my 18th birthday...

• Kind and gentle, just like grandma

• Harry was reminded of his first job at the cracker factory

• Just like mum used to make them...

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!

A scene that interrupts the chronological sequence of events to show something that happened earlier