 when an author mentions or hints at something

that will happen later in the story.

 Break the Word Apart
 FORE means ahead.
 A SHADOW is a glimpse of something without
the complete details.
 Therefore, FORESHADOW means getting a
glimpse of something before it happens.
Once upon a time, there was
a little girl who lived with
her mother. Her mother
asked her to take her old and
lonely grandmother some
food one day. "Don't stop
along the way. Go straight
to your Grandma's house
and back. Don't talk to any
strangers and watch out for
the wolf in the woods! Now
get along!"
  Once upon a time, there was
a little girl who lived with her
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mother. Her mother asked
words provide an her to take her old and lonely
example of
foreshadowing. grandmother some food one
Little Red Riding
Hood’s mother is
day. "Don't stop along the
warning her about way. Go straight to your
the wolf in the
woods, which hints Grandma's house and back.
at what may
happen next. Don't talk to any strangers
and watch out for the wolf in
the woods! Now get along!"
 When an author mentions or hints that
something will happen later in the story, it is
called a

FORESHADOW