Crash Course: Foreshadowing/flashback
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5th - 9th Grade
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Joshua Chatwin
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Crash Course:
Foreshadowing/Flashback
Year 8 English (Crime & Mystery Short Story Genre Study)
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Foreshadowing is the use of hints to set the stage for a story or to build suspense that something is about to happen.
Foreshadowing can hint at a happy or a sad ending.
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Great authors can use foreshadowing to hint at future events that will happen in the story.
If you finish reading a story and realise you kind of knew the ending all along, it might be due to the author's use of foreshadowing!
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Foreshadowing can be positive (hinting at something good or exciting about to happen) or negative (hinting that something bad is about to happen).
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Multiple Select
Which of these are examples of positive foreshadowing?
(Hint: There are two correct answers)
What could possibly go wrong?
Don’t worry, this gets better.
The sun began to emerge from behind the grey clouds.
As she waved goodbye, something just didn't seem right...
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Multiple Select
Which of these are examples of negative foreshadowing?
(Hint: There are two correct answers)
"There is no way this can't work!" Georgie exclaimed.
Maddy's luck was about to improve.
Billy noticed a rainbow appearing through the grey clouds.
Do you ever get that feeling like something bad is about to happen?
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Open Ended
Write a sentence that shows positive foreshadowing about the following event:
- The best day ever
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Open Ended
Write a sentence that shows negative foreshadowing about the following event:
- Entering a haunted house
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Open Ended
Write a sentence that shows positive or negative foreshadowing about the following event:
- Going to the beach
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Open Ended
Write a sentence that shows positive or negative foreshadowing about the following event:
- Riding on a rollercoaster
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A flashback recounts stories from the past to provide background information about specific events, places or characters.
A flashback can be used to provide more background information a character.
It might even help explain the decisions they make in your story!
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Multiple Choice
Which of these examples of flashback provide information about a place?
This takes me back to my 18th birthday...
Kind and gentle, just like grandma
Harry was reminded of his first job at the cracker factory
Just like mum used to make them...
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Multiple Choice
Which of these examples of flashback provide information about an event?
This takes me back to my 18th birthday...
Kind and gentle, just like grandma
Harry was reminded of his first job at the cracker factory
Just like mum used to make them...
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Multiple Select
Which of these examples of flashback provide information about a person?
(Hint: There are two correct answers)
This takes me back to my 18th birthday...
Kind and gentle, just like grandma
Harry was reminded of his first job at the cracker factory
Just like mum used to make them...
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Open Ended
Write a sentence that provides a flashback for the following event:
- Last winter
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Open Ended
Write a sentence that provides a flashback for the following place:
- The old house
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Open Ended
Write a sentence that provides a flashback for the following person:
- Uncle Mick
Crash Course:
Foreshadowing/Flashback
Year 8 English (Crime & Mystery Short Story Genre Study)
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