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Foreshadowing

Literary devices: Part 6

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Robb Grindstaff
Mar 02, 2026
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Introduction

Today focuses on a few approaches and examples of using foreshadowing. For a deeper dive, click this link to a two-part series published last year.

Foreshadowing: Part 1 of 2

Foreshadowing: Part 1 of 2

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June 9, 2025
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Foreshadowing is another literary device, another tool in the writer’s toolkit, like irony and metaphors, and it can do a lot of good stuff in a story. Let’s define what we mean before we dive in.

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