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foreshadowing
[ fawr-shad-oh-ing ]
noun
- an indication of something that will happen in the future, often used as a literary device to hint at or allude to future plot developments:
The gothic novel uses foreshadowing to build suspense.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of foreshadowing1
Example Sentences
Successful foreshadowing should be subtle; viewers shouldn’t know where the story will go, but be able to appreciate how the tool was used when considering the film as a whole.
A planned beach getaway by Lili and Esti implodes when a hotel clerk refuses to honor their reservation, a foreshadowing of far worse indignities to come.
The widely televised hearings have given Democrats a chance to sharply question his nominees, foreshadowing a combative four years.
We know his dad trained him to hunt and forage, but that hard-earned instruction never factors into the film — not even a close-up of poisonous mushrooms that reeks of foreshadowing.
The play, like our lives, is circular, the beginning foreshadowing the inevitable end.
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