Foreshadowing
When the author wants the reader to be explicitly aware of something in the story.
Concrete Foreshadowing
Explores the uncertany of dying and the lingering feeling of sadness and remorse
Theme of Death and Dying
What is the first wish?
200 pounds
Something that is dangerous
Peril
Swamp
Bog
Fortune that the character will receive that tells what is going to happen to the character at the end.
Prominent Foreshadowing (Prophecy)
Explores the value of friendship and how it can alter one’s life.
Theme of Friendship
What is the setting at the beginning of the story.
A cold night in a small parlor of a Laburnum Villa
A tendency to believe too readily
Credulity
Express sympathy or sorrow
Condole
When the author needs the reader to know something about the character’s past.
Evocative Foreshadowing (flashback)
Explores the concept of love and how it conquers all.
Theme of love
Who is Sargent Agent Morris?
Dull or ordinary
Prosaic
Resignation
Harder to pick up on the text so you have to pay close attention to the text.
Abstract Foreshadowing (Symblic)
Associated with anger, hatred and grief.
Theme of Revenge
What is the power of the Monkey’s Paw
Grants 3 wishes
Fusillade
Greedy
Avaricious
Define Foreshadowing
Occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest the future of the story
Define a theme
Theme is a message that the author is trying to deliver the reading through their writing.
What is the theme of The Monkey’s Paw
Money can’t buy happiness and the lesson is that if you mess with fate it can really mess You up
Money received as payment
Compensation
A power that is thought to determine the course of events
Fate