Foreshadow

This is a hint or clue of something to happen later...

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

Define Foreshadowing

• shows the forward movement in the story

• a piece of text showing the future in the story

• remembering the past

Is this foreshadowing? When Mia woke up, she had no idea that today would be the longest day of her life.

• yes

• no

Carlos laughed when he thought about how scared he was in the haunted house at the carnival last year. He had no way of knowing he was about to face a fright that wasn’t meant to be fun.

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Suspense

Foreshadowing and flashback are both examples of literary elements. 

• True

• False

• Sometimes

How many times could foreshadowing occur?

• only once

• 3 times

• at the maximum twice

• as many times as the author wants

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!

What is the foreshadowing 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.

• 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!

• 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

“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