Foreshadow and Flashback

What is the purpose of foreshadowing?

• To give the reader a hint at what is going to happen in the future.

• To give the reader background information to learn more about a character or a situation.

• To introduce the reader to all of the characters.

• To give the reader the setting of the story.

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

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

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Which of the following best describes a scenario where the author gives hints or clues about what will happen later in the story?

• Imagery

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Alliteration

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A look back to an earlier event...

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• theme

• rising action

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Often times provides background information.

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• theme

• resolution

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Interrupts the chronological order of the story

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

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This is a look back to an earlier event...

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

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

• yes

• no

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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

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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

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