Foreshadowing
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noun.
A typifying; representation by image.
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verb.
Present participle of
foreshadow
.
noun.
A
literary device
in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story.
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noun.
the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
adjective.
indistinctly prophetic