What Is Foreshadowing

Define foreshadowing.

• flashback of what happened previously

• hint at something that will happen later

• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

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? It was only 5:00AM, 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.

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!" Which sentence is an example of foreshadowing?

• 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

Foreshadowing is...

• the main problem in the story

• the use of clues to hint at a future event

• the most exciting part of a story

• the characters in the story

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)

Hints at what is going to happen in a story: (a)  

• Foreshadowing

• Dialogue

• Imagery

• Literary Devices

• Static Characters

Foreshadowing is a technique where an author gives the reader ​ (a)   of what's to come ​ (b)   on

• hints

• later

• ideas

• clues

• things

• answers

• before

• during

Which are the 2 types of foreshadowing?

• Direct and song.

• Subtle and direct

• Direct and subtitle

• Scenario and un-direct.

“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