Look up: Foreshadowing

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   Foreshadowing
   literary device whereby the author gives hints about what is going to happen later in the story.
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   Foreshadowing
   `Foreshadowing` is a literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story. An example of foreshadowing might be when a character displays a gun or knife early in the story. Merely the appearance of a deadly weapon, even though it is used for an innocuous purpose ` such as being cleaned or whittling wood ` suggests terrible consequences later on. A hint that is designed to mislead the audience i...
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   foreshadowing
   the organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for ...
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   foreshadowing
   Events are described and arranged in comedy or tragedy in such a way that future events are prepared for or shadowed forth in advance. In other words, the reader or audience feels the outcome of a plot. That requires that the narrator or author gives hints at what is about to happen later in the story.
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   foreshadowing
   
   1. providing vague advance indications
   2. indicate by signs
   
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