usw STUDENT LESSON SUMMARY COPY MASTER 2. 8 Foreshadowing and Flashback Do Not LOrcte ACADEMIC VOCABULARY On Ma! tl [Forechadowing: the iechaigue of hinting about something tat wil oseur later ms story auspencar + feling of growing tension and acitemeat fl by read flashback: an account of conversation or ation that happened before the beginning of | story or at an ever point. Flashbacks interrupt the chronaogical order of events, the order in which events happen in time HERE'S HOW ‘Step 1: Identify events that hint of things to come. Look for events that suggest key story conflicts ae about to develop or change direction. Ask yourself: Why is his section tense? ' How doos the writer make the story suspenseful? * Ae the evens troubling or mysterious in some way’? ‘Step 2: Look for dialogue or descriptions that hint at change. Look for luce Qe therein ae a doops tem hia tang Stop 3: Predict what will happen next in the story. Use he clues in action, deseition, and dslogue, plus what you already know ftom pio story evens or your opm experience to predict what lies ahead forthe characters, Stop 4: Keep track of the chronological order. Look fora place where the ‘writer breaks into the chronological order of events tel about something tha ook pce earlier. flashback. Also look To places where the forward progression of events is disturbed. ‘This may indicate foreshadowing Step 6: Locate starting and stopping points. To identify Tashacks, look for ‘words and phrases that show time, such as several years ago, in the past, yesterday, etc. Look for dates and the character’ ages, In some cses, the flashback may appear ina diferent typeface, or it may be writen in a differen tense. Writers often use details of sight or sound tw connect a fashback to the story ee os a Ce Pe ee eee Rr ne Sees © eracaitg trea eal i a eae Standards Lessa Files Seok Lots 73' 1 — usw | PRACTICE WORKSHEET A cory MASTER 8 | Foreshadowing and Flashback ‘ |A. Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions onthe lines provided, ‘As the day was platen, Madame Valmonde drove over to L'ABsi to see Desiree and the baby... Why, it seemed but yesterday that Desizee was litle more ‘han a haby herself whea Monsieur in riding trough th gateway of Valmonde had found her lying asleep inthe shadow ofthe ig stone pila, Kate Chopin, “Deses Baby “1, What cue words shout time signal that a ashback is about o begin? 22. What cn you infer about Dest’ past fom this asiback? Directions: Each ofthe boxes below contains part ofa story. On the lines, number the ‘boxe fom {to 6 inthe order in which they belong, 3.| Thenshe brought in | 4,| Feeling uneasy, she 5, | Marisol rushed to the the lawn chairs and burried to do her storm cellar to wait tied down the wash chores, feeding the ‘out the tornado, line. chickens and cows. — L — —_ 6.| The clouds hung low Standing by the wash and ominous, The ait lin, se heard the was thick and tomado siren. Macgo, looking retallicaastng | outside. 9. Circe the box(es) containing foreshadowing caoron © Medel UselMoushon Min Cary On the ck ofthis shes, explain how the foreshadowing makes you want to read on, bo Standards toseon FlosName ae a 8 i Direetions: Read each bored passage. Circle the best answer choice, or write the answer. PRACTICE WORKSHEET B COPY MASTER Foreshadowing and Flashback “Aylmer” resumed Georgina, solemnly, "I know not what may be the costo both of us to rid me ofthis fatal birthmark. 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Flashback isan account ofa conversation ‘oF an action that happened before the beginning ofa story rat an earlier point, Flashbacks interrupt the chronological (or time) order of events Directions: Fist, ead each example, Then, ansier the questions that fo0W. [1] One thing he had abvays dreaded was the pin, (2) He could stand pain aswell as any man, uni it went on too long, and wore him out, but ere he had Something that had burt frightfuly and just when he had flit breaking him, the pin ha stopped. (3] He remembered loag ago when Williamson, te bombing officer, had teen hithy a stick bomb someone ina German patrol had thrown as he ‘vas coming in through the wire that night and screaming, had begged everyone tO ‘cll him. [4] He was fat man, very brave, anda good officer, although addicted ‘0 fantastic shows. \ Braet Honing, The Snow of Kitimaro | eet encececeneeean errr ees | 11, Where isthe ashback? Sentence 1 Sentence 3 b. Sentence 2 4, Sentence 3 to sentence 2. What do readers ler fom the flashback’? ‘8, The man fears pia, ‘o. The man had been in a war inthe past ‘The mans badly injured. 4. The man was courageous and skilled. {1} Its impossible to say how frst the idea entered my brain; but once | conceived it hunted me day and night. [2] Object dere was none. [3] Passion | there was none. [4] I loved the old man, [5] He had never wronged me. [6] He Jad never given me insult. 7] Fr is gold I had no desc. (8) hin it as his eye! [9] Yes, it was this! (10] One of his eyes resembled that ofa vulur.a pale Vise eye, wie Bs wre Bg Ala Po, The Fie Heart ‘3. Which sentence foreshadows the main conflict? e 1% Sentence 1b, Sentence? eg, Sentence 3. Sentence S| U 4. On the bac ofthis thee, explain how the writer erates suspense t Fok ean ‘Stands Lesson Files Gras id