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WorksheetsForeshadowing
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 49mins
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1.
Define foreshadowing.
a)
A flashback of what happened previously
b)
A hint at something that will happen later
c)
Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
d)
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
2.
"These are strange and breathless days, the dog days, when people are led to do things they are sure to be sorry for after." is an example of what literary device?
a)
simile
b)
foreshadowing
c)
prediction
d)
Idk
3.
A hint or clue in a story that suggests some action is to follow to create interest or suspense is called:
a)
foreshadowing
b)
stereotyping
c)
allusion
d)
flashback
4.
One way a writer builds suspense is...
a)
by creating a mysterious setting
b)
by introducing characters through out a text
c)
by providing clues of a future event
d)
telling the facts
5.
A look back to an earlier event...
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
theme
d)
rising action
6.
“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.
“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.
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
theme
d)
climax
7.
Often times provides background information
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Flashback
c)
theme
d)
resolution
8.
Now that she was a princess, Cinderella often thought back to the events that brought her to the castle. In particular, she remembered the day her father first brought the woman who would become her stepmother to their home.
It was a dreary November day when Cinderella met the cold, haughty woman. “Darling,” said Father, speaking to Cinderella, “this is your new mother. I want you to love her dearly and do everything she says.”
It was a dreary November day when Cinderella met the cold, haughty woman. “Darling,” said Father, speaking to Cinderella, “this is your new mother. I want you to love her dearly and do everything she says.”
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
9.
Feeling of tension or anxiety
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Flashback
10.
Interrupts the chronological order of the story
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
11.
Suspense is created
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
12.
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?
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Flashback
13.
What is the paragraph foreshadowing?
'Peter I don't think we should jump out of a plane like this.' Allison relax I'm the King and you're my general. What could go wrong?
'Peter I don't think we should jump out of a plane like this.' Allison relax I'm the King and you're my general. What could go wrong?
a)
Something goes wrong
b)
Nothing goes wrong
c)
Allison inherits the throne
d)
they jump off a plane
14.
What is the Paragraph foreshadowing
Usually fire met civilization but as the ship approached the red glow, The Argonauts weren't so sure. They heard deep voices shouting from the shore, but the fog muffled the sound so badly it was impossible to tell whether the voices were even human.
Usually fire met civilization but as the ship approached the red glow, The Argonauts weren't so sure. They heard deep voices shouting from the shore, but the fog muffled the sound so badly it was impossible to tell whether the voices were even human.
a)
The Argonauts saw fire so they thought they saw humans
b)
The fog muffled the voices, so they thought they just had the first close encounter with aliens in history.
c)
The voices were not human at all and they are in danger.
d)
The voices are not human and are goldy voices
15.
What could have foreshadowed this event?
I screamed as I fell into the mine. Why hadn't I had taken Mags advice? I quickly grabbed my grappling hook, and shot it up at the entrance.
I screamed as I fell into the mine. Why hadn't I had taken Mags advice? I quickly grabbed my grappling hook, and shot it up at the entrance.
a)
Someone had been transported into the lord of the rings and was falling into the mines of mordor
b)
He fell in to the fajita because he didn't listen to mags, the fajita queen
c)
He had ignored his superior, Mag, and had fallen into the mine
d)
He had fallen into the mine while running on the running trail mag told him not to go on
16.
What does the author create by writing, "You're only bitten by a cobra once."?
a)
suspense
b)
dramatic irony
c)
imagery
d)
metaphor
17.
Suspense
a)
Learning information quickly through a series of events
b)
When the author holds back information to create excitement
c)
When the author gives information so the reader understands what is going on
d)
A detailed description of a setting in a novel
18.
Challenge: suspense
a)
something that is being investigated
b)
a person who makes criminals pay
c)
uncertainty about what will happen
19.
Read the example. Is the situation suspenseful? Select Yes or No.
Cautiously, Darrell stepped farther out onto the ice-covered pond.
Cautiously, Darrell stepped farther out onto the ice-covered pond.
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Maybe
d)
Idk
20.
Read the example. Is the situation suspenseful? Select Yes or No.
"We're not leaving until I find out who threw that snowball!" Mr. Lee yelled.
"We're not leaving until I find out who threw that snowball!" Mr. Lee yelled.
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
maybe
d)
Idk
21.
Read the example. Is the situation suspenseful? Select Yes or No.
Gwen smiled to see the puppy cuddled side by side with her older dog, Quincy.
Gwen smiled to see the puppy cuddled side by side with her older dog, Quincy.
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
maybe
d)
Idk
22.
The two boys crawled on their hands and knees through the narrow cave opening. Jeb was in front with the light, and Caleb followed him. Suddenly, Caleb felt his shoe catch on a rock. He tugged at it, but his foot was wedged tight.
Caleb watched the light fade as Jeb moved ahead. Calling out would do no good; Jeb wouldn't be able to turn around until he reached the cavern. In the dark, Caleb struggled to free himself. His shoe popped off, and he wiggled forward as fast as he could.
The point of greatest suspense is when— Jeb is in front with the light Caleb's foot is wedged tight Jeb reaches the cavern Caleb's shoe pops off
Caleb watched the light fade as Jeb moved ahead. Calling out would do no good; Jeb wouldn't be able to turn around until he reached the cavern. In the dark, Caleb struggled to free himself. His shoe popped off, and he wiggled forward as fast as he could.
The point of greatest suspense is when— Jeb is in front with the light Caleb's foot is wedged tight Jeb reaches the cavern Caleb's shoe pops off
a)
Jeb is in front with the light
b)
Caleb's foot is wedged tight
c)
Jeb reaches the cavern
d)
Caleb's shoe pops off
23.
Read the passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage.
Luis shouted, "Mr. Sims, don't open that door! Who knows what could be behind it?"
Luis shouted, "Mr. Sims, don't open that door! Who knows what could be behind it?"
a)
Yes
b)
No
24.
Read the passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage.
"Gee, as crowded as the park is, we're the only ones going into the funhouse," Gina said. "How strange."
"Gee, as crowded as the park is, we're the only ones going into the funhouse," Gina said. "How strange."
a)
Yes
b)
No
25.
Read the passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage.
"There's nothing like roaming a field on a crisp, fall day," Beverly thought to herself.
"There's nothing like roaming a field on a crisp, fall day," Beverly thought to herself.
a)
Yes
b)
No
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