English-German translations for foreshadowing

• Vorahnung die

Definition of foreshadowing

• A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story

Examples

• The roses blooming before Rose herself bloomed was excellent foreshadowing.

Related words

• foreshore
• foreshadow
• foreshadowed
• foreshortening
• foreshock
• foreshown
• foresheet
• foreship
• radar foreshortening