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Subtle literary device
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foreshadowing
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Foreshadowing or guessing ahead is a literary device by which an author hints what is to come. Foreshadowing is a dramatic device in which an important plot-point is mentioned early in the story and will return in a more significant way. It is used to avoid ...
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n. A literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story. vb. (present participle of foreshadow English)
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adj. indistinctly prophetic [syn: adumbrative , prefigurative ] n. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand [syn: prefiguration , adumbration ]
Usage examples of foreshadowing.
And looking at his long, sensitive face, with the dark circles under his eyes, I guess I saw a foreshadowing of great things to come.