Flashback + Foreshadowing

How do flashbacks help us better understand a character?

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A flashback brings the readers to an event that 

• is happening in the present

• happened in the past

• will happen in the future

• never happened 

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Look at the first line of the story.  What word tells us that Danny is probably going to have a flashback or is thinking about the past?

• remembered 

• day

• let on

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How does this flashback/memory impact Danny?  When his mother asks him about the pearl necklace, why did he say no, he hadn't seen them?

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What is one example of a flashback in Clean Sweep? (the name of the story that is being read out loud)

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How could a flashback help the reader better understand the character from your story?

• flashbacks tell the reader who is talking

• flashbacks educate the readers about a character's past experiences in life

• flashbacks tell the reader what jewelry each character is wearing

• flashbacks show the reader what decisions the character will make in the future

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Now moving on to foreshadowing...

What is foreshadowing?

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Which of the following is NOT a reason that authors use foreshadowing?

• to give the readers a hint of what already happened in the story

• to create suspense

• to add to the rising action

• to give the readers a hint of what will happen later on in the story

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Where in Clean Sweep does the author use foreshadowing? (the name of the story that is being read out loud)

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