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Look for:. Complications, twistsProtagonist's words?I should have known/realized?Important, thematic statementsReferences to future possibilitiesEmphasis or repetition of certain ideasSymbolismShifts in mood. ?The Scarlet Ibis". ?It's strange that all this is still so clear to me, now that th
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1. Foreshadowing hints to future events in a story
2. Look for: Complications, twists
Protagonists words
I should have known/realized
Important, thematic statements
References to future possibilities
Emphasis or repetition of certain ideas
Symbolism
Shifts in mood
3. The Scarlet Ibis Its strange that all this is still so clear to me, now that that summer has long since fled and time has had its way (595).
Such a name sounds good only on a tombstone (595)
A screech owl flapped out of the box into our faces, scaring us
(597).
I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death (598).
Dead birds is bad luck
specially red dead birds (603).