Literary Elements/Devices: Flashback and Foreshadowing

1. READERS USE INFORMATION FROM THE TEXT TO MAKE GUESSES ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT IN THE STORY.

PREDICTION

CLIMAX

FLASHBACK

CONFLICT

2. THE USE OF FLASHBACKS HELPS THE READER TO UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTER'S ____________________________

PARENTS

BROTHERS

SISTERS

RELATIONSHIPS

3. THE AUTHOR PROVIDES HINTS OR CLUES ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN LATER IN THE STORY.

FLASHBACKS

CHARACTERS

CONFLICT

FORESHADOWING

4. FORESHADOWING IS A GOOD WAY TO CREATE _______________IN THE READER.

FEAR

ANTICIPATION

LAUGHTER

SADNESS

5. WHERE DO READERS GET INFORMATION TO MAKE PREDICTIONS ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?

MUSIC

CARTOONS

TEXT

RHYTHYM

6. FLASHBACKS ARE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

True

False

7. THE PURPOSE OF FORESHADOWING IS TO BUILD ___________.

COMEDY

SUSPENSE

INFORMATION

DREAMS

8. A TRANSITION TO AN EARLIER EVENT IN THE STORY THAT INTERRUPTS THE NORMAL CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STORY.

FORESHADOWING

PREDICTION

FLASHBACK

SETTING

9. THE NARRATOR TELLS ANOTHER CHARACTER ABOUT THE PAST IS A USE OF FLASHBACK.

True

False

10. BOTH FORESHADOWING AND FLASHBACKS CAN CREATE SUSPENSE.

True

False

11. A NARRATOR CAN __________________ THAT PROMPTS BACK TO AN EARLIER TIME.

READ A LETTER

READ A DICTIONARY

READ TODAY'S NEWSPAPER

LISTEN TO THE RADIO

12. A GOOD FLASHBACK IS TO HAVE THE CHARACTER DREAM ABOUT THE PAST.

True

False

13. FORESHADOWING ARE HINTS ABOUT THE PAST.

True

False

14. THE USE OF _______________HELPS THE READER UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTER'S MOTIVATION.

FORESHADOWING

FLASHBACKS

PREDICTIONS

CONFLICTS

15. _________________ CAN MAKE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN LATER IN THE STORY SEEM BELIEVABLE.

FLASHBACKS

FORESHADOWING

CONTRADICTIONS

PREDICTIONS

Literary Elements/Devices: Flashback and Foreshadowing

1. READERS USE INFORMATION FROM THE TEXT TO MAKE GUESSES ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT IN THE STORY.

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2. THE USE OF FLASHBACKS HELPS THE READER TO UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTER'S ____________________________

3. THE AUTHOR PROVIDES HINTS OR CLUES ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN LATER IN THE STORY.

4. FORESHADOWING IS A GOOD WAY TO CREATE _______________IN THE READER.

5. WHERE DO READERS GET INFORMATION TO MAKE PREDICTIONS ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?

6. FLASHBACKS ARE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

7. THE PURPOSE OF FORESHADOWING IS TO BUILD ___________.

8. A TRANSITION TO AN EARLIER EVENT IN THE STORY THAT INTERRUPTS THE NORMAL CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STORY.

9. THE NARRATOR TELLS ANOTHER CHARACTER ABOUT THE PAST IS A USE OF FLASHBACK.

10. BOTH FORESHADOWING AND FLASHBACKS CAN CREATE SUSPENSE.

11. A NARRATOR CAN __________________ THAT PROMPTS BACK TO AN EARLIER TIME.

12. A GOOD FLASHBACK IS TO HAVE THE CHARACTER DREAM ABOUT THE PAST.

13. FORESHADOWING ARE HINTS ABOUT THE PAST.

14. THE USE OF _______________HELPS THE READER UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTER'S MOTIVATION.

15. _________________ CAN MAKE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN LATER IN THE STORY SEEM BELIEVABLE.