foreshadowing

IPA: fɔrʃˈædoʊɪŋ

(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.

Examples of "foreshadowing" in Sentences

(Upon second viewing, all of this foreshadowing is vomitous.)
The foreshadowing is hardly subtle: the sacrifice of an innocent life for the sake of salvation.
Whether or not such foreshadowing is there in DHSGiT is a question for someone who's played it to answer.
Of course to do it really well there should be some foreshadowing, but if done really well the foreshadowing is there but not noticed on the first play through.
So the Clinton administration, again foreshadowing what was to come, put together $40 billion in loan guarantees from the International Monetary Fund and Treasury.
Let it slide even if I say that I'm completely certain that the fancy dress ball foreshadowing is all in your head, because RTD would never do something that lame.
While I don't share in idolizing the book by so many horror fans, I would be a fool not to recognize a quality piece of storytelling when I see it The foreshadowing is so expertly laid out the book deserves to be read solely to examine that.