& Foreshadowing

1. & Foreshadowing

2. A flashback is a scene in a narrative that takes the reader back in time to an event that happened before the story began.

3. Why do writers use flashbacks? • To explain why a character acts a certain way • To show how a situation developed • To give information that cannot be given any other way

4. in movies

5. Why did the writer use this flashback?

6. Why did the writer use this flashback?

7. A foreshadowing is the use of clues to hint an event will occur later in the story. Foreshadowing

8. Why do writers use foreshadowing? • To create suspense and help readers predict what will happen next. • Writers use setting, details, dialogue, action, and comments by the narrator to foreshadow. Foreshadowing

9. Foreshadowing in movies

10. If you see this, what might happen next?

11. If you see this, what might happen next?

12. Sketch an example of a flashback from a movie you have seen. Describe the flashback sequence. Explain why the writer included the flashback in the movie. Sketch an example of a foreshadowing from a movie you have seen. Describe how it was set up. Explain why the writer included it in the movie. Homework