Foreshadowing, flashforwards, and flashbacks

What is flashback? Which response is NOT TRUE?

• The writer presents events that happens in the future.

• Flashback techniques include memories, dreams and stories of the past.

• It allows the writer to talk about events that happened before the time of the current event.

• Flashbacks help with the story line.

What are the 4 goals of dialogue in text?

• 1.Creates a question in the reader's mind.
  2.Provides the reader with information.
  3. Connects the reader to a character.
  4. Shows how a character's words can motivate another character.
• 1.Creates a question in the reader's mind.
  2.Provides the reader with an idea.
  3. Connects the reader to a character.
  4. Help tell the story

For the passage, determine which story device is being used
.  Cassie poised at the end of the diving board, ready to plunge into the water.  Suddenly, she was five years old again, standing on the edge of a dock and falling backward, unable to control her fall, and unable to swim.

• foreshadowing
• flashback
• suspense
• cliffhanger

Annie started eating breakfast. Then, a spider came. Annie screamed and ran away.

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One way a writer builds suspense is...

• by creating a mysterious setting
• by introducing characters through out a text
• by providing clues of a future event
• telling the facts

“You’ve got this!” Sara cheered, standing on the sidewalk. She watched as her dad followed closely behind her little brother’s bike. As he let go, she couldn’t help but think of when she first learned to ride a bike. She could still feel her heart racing and remember how scared she was, waiting for her dad to let go. She knew exactly how her brother was feeling.

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

the author’s use of clues to hint at what will happen later in the story

• Foreshadowing
• Cliche
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

 

Foreshadowing

• A playwright's descriptive comments

• Words spoken by the character directly to the audience

• An incident that occurred prior to the story's main time-frame

• A hint of what is to come

Joyce watched the clock.  The minute hand seemed frozen over the ten.  The slow tick tock seemed to promise that time was moving forward, but Joyce had no sense of it.  All she knew was that she had to wait until 8:00.

• foreshadowing
• flashback
• suspense
• cliffhanger

What is foreshadowing in literature?

• A method of organizing the plot in a non-linear sequence.

• A technique used to summarize the main events of the story.

• A type of character that represents a particular idea or quality.

• A literary device used to give hints or clues about future events in the story.