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Foreshadowing is when the author of a piece of writing hints at or suggests an event that will develop later on in the plot of the story. An example of foreshadowing in a story is the use of prophecy or omens. One famous literary piece that makes use of foreshadowing through prophecy is Oedipus Rex. An oracle tells the King of Thebes that he will have a son who will later kill him and marry his wife, Jocasta. This foreshadowed the actual events that later came to pass.
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∙ 13y ago
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which an author hints at future events or developments in a story. It helps to create suspense, tension, and intrigue by providing readers with clues or hints about what may happen later on. This technique can build anticipation and add depth to the narrative.
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∙ 12y agoYou foreshadow coming events to create tension, because the reader then spends time worrying about what's coming and biting their nails as they see the characters blundering right into it!
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∙ 12y agoexamples of foreshadowing
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When an author hints to what is about to happen a text is called?
Forshadowing.
A hint of what's to come next in a story is called?
forshadowing
Why do you have crushes?
Crushes are used for experimenting relationships. They are forshadowing themselves for the future.
What information does common sense has?
common sense has like names and dates and forshadowing
What does the literary device forshadowing mean?
It's giving an indirect hint of an event to come, through an unassociated observation. Observing that the moon was "blood red" on a particular night might be the authors way of forshadowing the shedding of blood in the story.
What would be three literary devices for the short story cranes?
the right thing
What word is the use of clues that suggest or predict what will occur later in the story?
foreshadowing
In writing a story an author sometimes leaves a hint of what will happen next for the reader to pick up on. This is known as?
Forshadowing
What does forshawdowing mean?
forshadowing means to see what happens in the future
What does death-marked love mean?
the tearm "Death marked love" is a way of forshadowing.
Ricardo and Malik should have paid attention when they heard a sudden clap of thunder at the very instant they chose to ditch school?
forshadowing
How does Oedipus' curse on the murderer foreshadows a tragic outcome for the drama?
well i mean it was kind of ironic becaue this was his fate but i dont know how it would be forshadowing....
