Literary Devices Foreshadowing 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

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

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

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

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.