Foreshadowing

What is it?
 What is foreshadowing?

We can look at the Latin meaning of

the word to have a better understanding.

Fore=in front of
Shadow=glimpse
Foreshadowing is a literary device
where the author give hints or clues
to future events.It gives us a
"glimpse" of something to happen in
the story "before" it actually
happens.
Foreshadowing does not
only give us clues to plot
development, but it can
also indicate the "mood"
in a piece of literary work.
Let's review!!!
Plot:
The sequence of events in a story.
Mood:
How the story makes the reader feel.
 Read the
following passage:

"Dead leaves blew menacingly

around the frail woman as she
slowly crossed the large
street. The stop signal's
flashing red light ominously
shined on her pale face."
 Based on what you read
what are some possible
future story events?What
are the clues?

Possible Story #1 Possible Story #2

Based on what you
read, what would
you determine the
mood to be?What
are the clues?
 Bambi
In the beginning of the movie, mom
warns Bambi about the
danger in the forest.

In your peer groups, you have

one minute to answer the
following questions:

1. What event in the story does

this event foreshadow?
2. What are the clues?
3. What mood does this passage
indicate?
4. What are the clues?
Charlotte's Web

Let's try this again. In the movie

"Charlotte's Web", the spider
Charlotte tells Wilbur the pig that all
living things die eventually.

In your peer groups you have one

minute to answer the following
questions:
1 What event in the story does this event
foreshadow?
2. What are the clues?
3. What mood does this passage indicate?
4. What are the clues?
Handout, "Foreshadowing"

In your peer groups complete handout,

"Foreshadowing 2"

1.You are asked to match the event with the

correct event that it most likely foreshadows.

2. Additionally, next to each even write one or

two words that accurately describe the mood
based on the text in the passage.
 Independent Practice
You have read the short radio
play, "The Hitchiker". Lucille
Fletcher uses foreshadowing to
gve us clues to upcoming story
events. It's your job to find 5 and
list them in your graphic
organizer handout. Also, write a
short answer on the bottom of the
graphic organizer that describes
what you believe to be the mood
and the clues that let you to make
that inference.
"Martha sat othe porch
reading her favorite
book on life in the
circus. The pages were
EXIT TICKET
torn and smeared with
food particles from 1. What is your definition of
years of use. She
couldn't stand it any foreshadowing?
longer. She carefully
balanced herself on one
of the porch beams and 2. Write a possible story event
slowly moved steadily that this passage could
across, carefully
balancing each foot in foreshadow and the clues that
front of the other. led you to that understanding.
When she reached the
other end, she smiled
broadly and then 3. Infer the mood by analyzing
looked up at the white
clouds that reminded the text within the passage and
her of cotton candy." also by taking into consideration
the event you chose in question 2.