Foreshadowing and Suspense

One effect or purpose of foreshadowing is to...

• trick the reader

• build suspense

• Add depth to characters

• give factual information

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

Read the passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage.

"Gee, as crowded as the park is, we're the only ones going into the funhouse," Gina said. "How strange."

• Yes

• No

What is the foreshadow in this passage?

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

• That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.

• They were about to eat breakfast.

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

What is the foreshadow in this passage?

The dark storm clouds rolled across the lake and Rebecca couldn’t help but shiver. The ominous feeling the black clouds gave her made her pull her wool coat closely around her. She started walking faster and faster, hoping that whatever was coming would pass quickly.

• It is going to be a sunny day.

• That Rebecca is really looking forward to the storm that is going to come in.

• She wasn't afraid of the storm and she was going to take it head on.

• There is going to be an intense rain storm that Rebecca is scared of.

How does this photo show dramatic irony?

• We know the girl is about to be eaten by a shark

• The shark doesn't know it's about to run into a swimmer

• All of the above

What is the conversation 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

• Nothing goes wrong

• Allison inherits the throne

• They don't jump out of the plane

“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.”
“Of course, I’ll remember,” said Cinderella, but as her coach carried her toward the ball, the warning was replaced in her mind with images of dancing and music.

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• theme

• climax

In the movie, Jaws, when a young man is laying on a float in the ocean, and the camera angle is shown underwater getting closer to his legs with intense music playing in the background, this would be an example of what?

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

We came barreling around the curve and I could hear

the snow crunch under the tires. I glanced at the speedometer. “Will you please slow down?” I asked Steven. “The weather is getting worse and I’m worried we will hit some ice.” The snow was falling hard now and I could barely

see the road!

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing