Definitions for Foreshadowing
fore·shad·ow·ing

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1. prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbrationadjective

   the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

2. adumbrative, foreshadowing, prefigurativeadjective

   indistinctly prophetic

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1. foreshadowingnoun

   A literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story.

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1. Foreshadowing

   Foreshadowing is a narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story, and it helps develop or subvert the audience's expectations about upcoming events.The writer may implement foreshadowing in many different ways such as character dialogues, plot events, and changes in setting. Even the title of a work or a chapter can act as a clue that suggests what is going to happen. Foreshadowing in fiction creates an atmosphere of suspense in a story so that the readers are interested and want to know more. The literary device is generally used to build anticipation in the minds of readers about what might happen next to add dramatic tension to a story. Moreover, foreshadowing can make extraordinary and bizarre events appear credible, and some events are predicted so that the audience feel that it anticipated them.Hints may be about future events, character revelations, and plot twists to create mood, convey theme, and build suspense, usually to hint the good events that will likely cross paths or happen to the main character later on.Plot can be delayed by situations or events to give the impression that something momentous will occur to build anticipation and emphasize importance to them, which gives the audience a series of questions, particularly after cliffhangers. The literary device is frequently adapted for use by composers of theatrical music, in the composition of operas, musicals, radio, films, television, gaming, podcasts, and internet scores and underscores, and incidental music for spoken theatrical productions.

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1. foreshadowing

   Foreshadowing is a literary device used by authors to provide hints or clues about what will happen later in the story. It creates suspense and makes readers eager to find out what these hints suggest or how they will play out in the storyline.

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1. Foreshadowing

   Foreshadowing or adumbrating is a literary device in which an author hints certain plot developments that perhaps will come to be later in the story. A hint that is designed to mislead the audience is referred to as a red herring. A similar device is the flashforward. However, foreshadowing only hints at a possible outcome within the confinement of a narrative, while a flashforward is an interrupted scene that takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television, and other media.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Foreshadowing in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Foreshadowing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Foreshadowing in a Sentence

1. A.E. Samaan:

   I see foreboding and foreshadowing... Sunrise to sunset in your eyes.

2. Lisa Gilbert:

   This is a pretty scary foreshadowing of what's going to be on [Sen. Mitch] McConnell's list of to dos in the next Congress and certainly dismantling the campaign finance system is high on his priority list.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Foreshadowing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foreshadowing
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreshadowing
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Foreshadowing
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Foreshadowing