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Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing is a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted. Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story, and it helps develop or subvert the audience's expectations about upcoming events.

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Avg. degree1.93
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Foreshadowing → Chekhov's, Flashforwards, Gary Morson, Sideshadowing, The
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Foreshadowing → narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted

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Foreshadowingis anarrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted0.90text
character dialoguesinstance ofand it helps develop or subvert the audience's expectations about upcoming events.A writer may implement foreshadowing in many different ways0.80text
plot eventsinstance ofand it helps develop or subvert the audience's expectations about upcoming events.A writer may implement foreshadowing in many different ways0.80text
and changes in settinginstance ofand it helps develop or subvert the audience's expectations about upcoming events.A writer may implement foreshadowing in many different ways0.80text
Foreshadowingrelated to Related conceptsFlashforwards0.60section
Foreshadowingrelated to Related conceptsChekhov's0.60section
Foreshadowingrelated to Related conceptsSideshadowing0.60section
Foreshadowingrelated to Related conceptsGary Morson0.60section
Foreshadowingrelated to Related conceptsThe0.60section

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