Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Literary Term Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing:
  • is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story

  •  is a way of indicating or hinting at what will come later
Example of Foreshadowing:

-Fortune tellers
-Omens (Breaking a mirror seven years of bad luck)
-Seeing dark clouds, can foreshadow a storm probably be coming.
-Music can be another example. If it has a scary sound, you know something suspensful is coming.
-Clear sky can tell you the day will be nice. Weather is another example for foreshadowing.




The video above does a great explaining, different kinds of foreshadowing. There are musical foreshadowing, verbal foreshadowing, facial foreshadowing, visual and action foreshadowing After the video hits the half way point the rest of the video gives you example, then asks you to guess which kind of foreshadowing is used.


A great way to remember foreshadowing, is to remember fortune teller. Fortune tellers, can see events that are going to come. Foreshadowing hints about events that are later on come.

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