ESL - Literary Devices: Foreshadowing and Flashback

Foreshadowing and flashback are literary devices often taught together. They refer to events at specific times in a story. Mr. P. will explain why they are so important in narratives and how they are used. This lesson is designed for intermediate students who wish to improve their English and those above levels who wish to clarify doubts about this topic.

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Mr. P. is a Canadian English Teacher/Coach from Toronto, in Canada.
He has been an English Teacher since 1997, teaching adults and adolescents in Toronto and Rome.
He is an Honorary Fellow in the English Language at UNITELMA La Sapienza University in Rome. In the past, he was also a Language Monitor at the University of Toronto. He has also taught English to many important politicians and celebrities in Italy. He is a certified English Teacher specializing in TEFL, TESL, TESOL (Arizona State University) & TOEFL.

[Gamingdragon]

a better way to foreshadow a thunderstorm would be to say something along the lines of the air being heavy with humidity and wildlife being silent. the example of foreshadowing a thunderstorm in the video is far too vague and if you didn't say it was to foreshadow a thunderstorm i would've never guessed that's what it was for.

[VZW]

I don’t know how to cite them in a story or poem

[angiedior]

Another word for foreshadow is future, and another word for flashback is the past, since they both relate to setting, which means the time and place of an action.

[HANNAHdkdkdjn]

Thank you so much for making this video I really need this also can you do what is prose next

[angiedior]

One example of a book I read that uses flashbacks would be "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers because it is one of the easy books I understood from my freshman year in high school!! Thank you for teaching this!!

[tasneemkausar]

Hi sir!
This was very helpful. Please make a video about inference as well. Thank you.

[dalton.s]

Hi Sir. Thank you very much for teaching for free, these advanced classes are quite helpful to me.

[aaaloudat]

Thank you sir for learning me English, I speak Arabic and I don't speak English very well but I'm try.

[angiedior]

I love that play; it was one of the last literary pieces I read in my freshman year of high school.