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Foreshadowing and Flashback

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
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.

Foreshadowing can create all of the following EXCEPT

a)

anticipation

b)

suspense

c)

tension

d)

humor

3.

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?

a)

Something goes wrong

b)

Nothing goes wrong

c)

Allison inherits the throne

d)

they jump off a plane

4.
What is the foreshadow 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.
a)
A)That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.  
b)
B)That they might get into an accident or get lost  on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.
c)
C)They were about to eat breakfast.
d)
D)That Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake. 
5.

This is an example of what kind of story element?


“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.

a)

Flashback

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

theme

d)

climax

6.

____________ looks back to an earlier event.

a)

Flashback

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

theme

d)

rising action

7.

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

c)

Mood

d)

Tone

8.
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? 
a)
Something goes wrong
b)
Nothing goes wrong
c)
Allison inherits the throne
d)
they jump off a plane
9.

The smell of homemade chocolate chip cookies conjured up the image of Susan's grandmother standing in a flour-covered apron.

a)

Foreshadow

b)

Flashback

c)

Flashshadow

d)

Third-Person Objective

10.

In movies, what scenes are usually black and white or become hazy?

a)

flashbacks

b)

foreshadowing

c)

the entire movie