Suspense and Foreshadowing

TRUE or FALSE: Foreshadowing hints about events in the future.

• True

• False

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This description foreshadows_____________________________

It was only 5:00 AM, 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.

• 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.

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

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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!"

The sentence that foreshadows dangerous action may happen is ______________________________

• Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods!

• Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother.

• Now get along!

• Her mother asked her to take her old and lonely grandmother some food one day

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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 work, 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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How is foreshadowing used to build anticipation and suspense?

• By revealing all the surprises and twists upfront

• By avoiding any mention of future events or hints

• By hinting at future events and creating a sense of anticipation

• By providing straightforward and predictable plot developments

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When an author puts in clue to a story's ending throughout the text, that is called _____________.

• Cluing

• Spoiling

• Foreshadowing

• ruining

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Subtle hints or clues as to what will happen later in the story.

• Third Person Omniscient

• Foreshadowing

• Situational Irony

• Point of View

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________ is when the writer gives clues or hints about what will happen later in the story.

• Delaying the Answer

• Foreshadowing

• Slow Down Method

• Dramatic Irony

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Foreshadowing is ___________

• When an image, object, or person is used to represent a deeper emotion

• The way you, the reader, feels at the end of a story.

• Hints/clues that the author gives about events to come

• The  author's/character's attitude towards his/her subject, setting, or character(s)

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A hint of what's to come

• Setting

• Inference

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

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