Foreshadowing or guessing ahead is a literary device by which an author hints what is to come. It is used to avoid disappointment, and sometimes used to arouse readers. A hint that is designed to mislead the audience is referred to as a red herring. A similar device is the flashforward (also known as prolepsis). However, foreshadowing only hints a... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/46
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. Found on http://www.menrath-online.de/glossaryengl.html