Foreshadowing and Flashbacks

What do you call hints of what is to come later in the story?

• figurative language

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• denotation

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

For the passage, determine which story device is being used
.  Cassie poised at the end of the diving board, ready to plunge into the water.  Suddenly, she was five years old again, standing on the edge of a dock and falling backward, unable to control her fall, and unable to swim.

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• suspense

• cliffhanger

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

One way a writer builds suspense is...

• by creating a mysterious setting

• by introducing characters through out a text

• by providing clues of a future event

• telling the facts

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Joyce watched the clock.  The minute hand seemed frozen over the ten.  The slow tick tock seemed to promise that time was moving forward, but Joyce had no sense of it.  All she knew was that she had to wait until 8:00.

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• suspense

• cliffhanger

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Determine whether the following is or is not an example of foreshadowing:

"There's nothing like roaming a field on a crisp, fall day," Beverly thought to herself.

• Yes, this is an example of foreshadowing.

• No, this isn't an example of foreshadowing.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

The wise, experienced mountain man approached the wagon train. He was concerned. "You're heading in the wrong direction," he warned the pioneers. The wagon master laughed and said, "I don't think so, old timer." The mountain man tried to convince the leader, but the wagon train continued without changing direction. What prediction can you make based on this passage?

• The old timer will be left to die on the trail.

• The mountain man will stop trying to help wagon trains.

• The wagon train will face many problems and possibly get lost.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

is this a flashback or a foreshadow?

• foreshadow

• flashback

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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

• Foreshadow

• Flashback

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is flashback? Which response is NOT TRUE?

• The writer presents events that happens in the future.

• Flashback techniques include memories, dreams and stories of the past.

• It allows the writer to talk about events that happened before the time of the current event.

• Flashbacks help with the story line.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5