Literary technique in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story
Also known as guessing ahead
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Foreshadowing is a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted. Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story, and it helps develop or subvert the audience's expectations about upcoming events.