What's the meaning of foreshadowing?

[Guadalupe]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #271 "Literary Terms (3)", question 3

A technique that involves clues that a writer gives his/her readers about what will happen later on in a novel or in a short story is known as ..........

(a) imagery
(b) foreshadowing
(c) understating

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #271 "Literary Terms (3)", answer 3

A technique that involves clues that a writer gives his/her readers about what will happen later on in a novel or in a short story is known as foreshadowing.

Correct answer: (b) foreshadowing
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What´s the meaning of foreshadowing?

Guadalupe

[vanity fair]

Foreshadow means to show, indicate, or suggest in advance;to be a sign or warning of something to come.

Jovana