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Foreshadowing vs Flashforward - What's the difference?

foreshadowing | flashforward |

Flashforward is a synonym of foreshadowing.



As nouns the difference between foreshadowing and flashforward

is that foreshadowing is a literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story while flashforward is a dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

As a verb foreshadowing

is present participle of lang=en.

foreshadowing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia foreshadowing) (en noun)
  • A literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story.

    • flashforward

    English

    (wikipedia flashforward)

    Alternative forms

    * flash-forward

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
  • * 2013 , "Depp’s Tonto: an upgrade on a stereotype or just an updated stereotype?", The Washington Post , http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/depps-tonto-an-upgrade-on-a-stereotype-or-just-an-updated-stereotype/2013/07/02/36017696-dea3-11e2-b2d4-ea6d8f477a01_story_1.html
    • This "Lone Ranger" begins and ends in a flash-forward , with an elderly Tonto installed in a carnival diorama behind a sign that reads "The Noble Savage."

    See also

    * flashback