Flashback and Foreshadow

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.

Foreshadowing suggest events that will occur later in the story.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Select all that apply to the purpose of FORESHADOWING.

• It builds suspense

• It uses the memory of the character's past experience.

• It makes the story more believable.

• The events can be hinted through dialogue, description, and the attitudes of the characters.

When the current setting is interrupted to go back in time to learn more about a character or a situation, it is called...

• Foreshadow

• Flashback

Although she thought the roller coaster ride would be fun, the sensation of being flipped through the air made Rosie relive the horrible car accident she had suffered eight years ago.

• Foreshadow
• Flashback

The use of clues or hints to suggest something is going to happen in the future is called ....

• foreshadow
• flashback

Your teacher says...Make sure you study your notes tonight!

• Foreshadow
• Flashback

Lightening streaked across the greenish-black sky yet, the air was oddly still. When the warning siren shrieked, the family knew that they should head for the storm cellar.

• Foreshadow
• Flashback

What is the purpose of a flashback?

• To introduce the reader to all of the characters.
• To give the reader a hint at what is going to happen in the future.
• To give the reader background information to learn more about a character or a situation.
• To give the reader the setting of the story.

What is the purpose of foreshadowing?

• To give the reader a hint at what is going to happen in the future.
• To give the reader background information to learn more about a character or a situation.
• To introduce the reader to all of the characters.
• To give the reader the setting of the story.