To Kill A Mockingbird: Foreshadowing Analysis

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Literary Term #7: Foreshadowing Foreshadowing: Author hints at what can possibly happen in the story by using the text. Example: “Josef said, ‘Don’t trust the clown…’ Rudy said, ‘Dad, how do you know about the clown?’ ‘The sixteenth of April,’ said Josef...” (19). Koontz, Dean. Life Expectancy. New York: Bantam Dell, 2004. Print. Function: The author used foreshadowing within this passage at an early point in the story because it is significant in helping the reader realize that the story is going to be a bit interesting and to also help the reader see that the clown will do something terrible, since whatever force that was driving Josef to make such predictions had made him mention the clown. The author made Josef Tock, Rudy Tock’s father,

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