Foreshadowing and Flashbacks

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100

Any clues the author gives when foreshadowing are directly stated in the story. True or False

False-the clues can be direct or subtle.

200

A girl was sitting on her listening to a sad song when she remembered the fight she had with her friends. Did she have a flashback or foreshadow something?

She had a flashback. Bonus: Can you make it into a foreshadowing scenario?

300

Flashback or foreshadowing? Why? Stan decided he wanted a cat because his friend Erica had one and they seemed fun, but thinking back now, he should have done some research as he stared blankly at the cat.

Flashback "thinking back now, he should have done some research"

400

Flashback or foreshadowing? Why? Stan should not have gone out of town for three days and left the cat home alone, it was too quiet in the house when he stepped through the door. The cat was standing there with its ears pulled back hissing.

Foreshadowing "Stan should not have gone out of town and left the cat alone for three days" "it was too quiet in the house when he stepped through the door." Bonus: Can you insert a flashback in the passage?

500

Give one reason an author might use a flashback.

1- To explain why a character acts a certain way in a situation. 2-To show how a situation developed 3-To present information that cannot be shown in other ways.

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100

Flashback or foreshadowing? Why? A dad greets his children at the door saying " Boy have I got a surprise for you! You'll never guess where we're going?"

"greets" implies the father is happy, it must be something good. "have I got a surprise for you!" answers why the father is happy and the reader assumes that the surprise is the good thing.

200

Name one reason an author would use foreshadowing.

What is build suspense/hint at what is going to happen later

300

Flashback or foreshadowing? Why? As Ashley was walking down Ocean Drive in her sun dress when she noticed clouds rolling in and a chill in the air. Within minutes it had dropped to below freezing and started snowing, she knew then that she had to have failed her driving test.

Foreshadowing "she noticed clouds rolling in and a chill in the air. Within minutes it had dropped to below freezing and started snowing" The change in weather hinted at negative luck to follow.

400

What does the passage imply? Is it foreshadowing or a flashback? The heavy coins made his pockets sag so Alex emptied the change onto the table. He didn't need them for the bus since his mom was picking him up after school. Later, he would regret he had done that.

Alex is going to need the money for the bus because his mom might forget him at school. "he would regret he had done that" foreshadowing

500

What does the passage imply? Why? Is it foreshadowing or flashback? Bill had just rocked the baby to sleep as he crept to her crib and slowly laid her down, when her face slowly started turning cherry red.

The baby was upset and was going to start crying "her face slowly started turning cherry red" after he laid her down. Foreshadowing

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100

Provide an example of a flashback.

Felicia seeing the big red nose, remembered why she stopped going to the circus-all because of that night three years ago.

200

Flashback or foreshadowing? Why? Something good was in store for her soon. She just knew it in her bones! Out on this same hillside last year, she had felt angry and helpless. Today she felt happy and self-assured.

Yes-"out on this same hillside last year" gives the reader a hint that something bad had happened the previous year. It interrupts the present events and comes back to the present after the flashback.

300

Is this passage giving a flashback or foreshadowing? Why? Louisa stood next to her mother, ready to begin kneading the dough. Suddenly, the yeasty smell of dough took her back to six months ago, when her grandmother had come for a visit. Louisa, her mother, and her grandmother had been kneading bread when the phone call came. Louisa froze at the thought of this.

Flashback-Louisa is thinking back to six months before when she received a phone call, the smell of the yeast is what made her have the flashback.

400

Provide an example of foreshadowing and a flashback in the same example.

Roy, turning the corner remembered that horror story his brother told him when he was younger, laughing now he did not know what lay ahead for him.

500

A scene in a text that takes the reader back in time to an event that happened before the story began.

What is a Flashback

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100

This is when the author hints at something to come later.

What is foreshadowing

200

Is foreshadowing used in movies/TV shows/music/poems?

Yes, it is used the same way as in texts to help move it along.

300

What are some of the ways to identify foreshadowing in a text?

Is there something the character/narrator observes in the background? does the setting/mood change? Are there phrases about the future? Are there any objects that suggest something happy/sad/dangerous/exciting?

400

How can you create foreshadowing in your writing?

-putting subtle or direct hints -giving information about an upcoming event or plans of the characters -placing clues about the theme to let the reader know it is important -use changes in weather/mood/emotions to hint at a positive or negative luck to follow

500

What is the difference between foreshadowing and a flashback?

Foreshadowing hints at something to happen in the future, whereas a flashback goes to something back in time that has already happened. But a flashback can foreshadow an event in the future.

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100

Is a memory a flashback?

Yes-it is showing the reader an even that has happened in the past that is related to the story at present.

200

Is a flashback the same as foreshadowing? Why?

No-a flashback tells us something that has already happened. Foreshadowing hints at something that could happen.

300

True or False. A flashback interrupts the sequence of events in a text.

True- a flashback often happens when an object or event triggers a characters memory.

400

Is foreshadowing always right? Why?

No-authors can use foreshadowing to give false information and feelings to the reader.

500

Is foreshadowing being able to see into the future? Are you able to know what is going to happen next every time an author uses foreshadowing? Why?

No-because foreshadowing is not always right, the author can lead the reader astray. If we were able to see the future in the texts then there would be no point in reading books, we would know the ending before we even get to it.