Foreshadowing and Telling

Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing adjective - Indistinctly prophetic.
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Synonyms for Foreshadowing

Telling and foreshadowing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Telling" instead the word "Foreshadowing" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: foreshadow, foreshadowed

Telling

Telling adjective - Having the power to persuade.

Foreshadowing and telling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foreshadowing" instead the word "Telling" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: tell, teller, telly

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  • Literature / Rage Foreshadowing: In the first chapter, Charlie has a vision of his teacher telling him he belongs in a mental hospital.
  • Series / Shameless (US) Foreshadowing: In one episode, a grocery checkout clerk goes berserk because Debbie was insisting on using multiple coupons, all while the manager keeps telling her to go on her break.
  • Comic Book / Ghost World Foreshadowing: Remember the part in the movie where Enid is telling Seymour that her dream was to just get up, drive off to somewhere without telling anyone, and never come back?
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