ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In literature, “foreshadowing” refers to dropping of subtle hints in a story about the later developments in the plot. “Foreboding” means an evil omen, sense of an evil to come or foretelling of harm or difficulty, which the author may have hinted earlier.

Detailed explanation-2: -Foreshadowing is a key tool for writers to build dramatic tension and suspense throughout their stories. Foreshadowing makes your reader wonder what will happen next, and keeps them reading to find out. Foreshadowing is also a great tool to prepare your reader emotionally for big reveals.

Detailed explanation-3: -noun. an indication of something that will happen in the future, often used as a literary device to hint at or allude to future plot developments: The gothic novel uses foreshadowing to build suspense.

Detailed explanation-4: -a feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon: There’s a sense of foreboding in the capital, as if fighting might at any minute break out. Her forebodings about the future were to prove justified. [ + (that) ] He had a strange foreboding (that) something would go wrong.