How would you describe the author's use of foreshadowing?

a. authors use foreshadowing to hint about something that may occur later in the story.
b. authors use foreshadowing to camouflage something that may occur later in the story.
c. authors use foreshadowing to hide something that may occur later in the story.
d. authors use foreshadowing to hint about something that may occur earlier in the story.

The answer is A: Authors use foreshadowing to hint about something that may occur later in the story.

Foreshadowing is the literary device that helps the authors to give a hint or a sign to the readers about the future, so the readers develop expectations about events that will happen later in the story. It is just a suggestion and does not reveal the outcome nor spoil the suspense. There are many ways to create foreshadowing, and authors can use language or symbolism.

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