Reading Worksheet · Grades 5–8
Flashback vs. Foreshadowing Worksheet
A printable reading worksheet for grades 5-8 on the difference between flashback and foreshadowing. Students learn that one drops in a scene from earlier while the other hints at what is still to come, and how each changes a reader’s experience, then match eight clues and answer four questions. A complete answer key is included.
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Subject
Reading
Grades
Grades 5–8
Skill Focus
Flashback vs. Foreshadowing, literary devices
Lesson Length
30 minutes
Learning Objective
Students will tell a flashback apart from foreshadowing by the direction each one faces.
Lesson Overview
About this worksheet
A flashback and foreshadowing both pull a story out of plain time order, but they face opposite ways: one reaches back, the other points forward. This worksheet teaches students to tell them apart and to name what each one does for a reader.
The reference box and Section A are on page 1. The reference box defines flashback, foreshadowing, chronological, nonlinear, backstory, transition, suspense, and payoff. Section A has eight clues to match to the correct term. Section B on page 2 has four short-response questions.
Page 3 is a complete answer key with answers for every item. The worksheet pairs well with the Flashback and Foreshadowing worksheets.
How to Use This Lesson
Read the reference box and review the terms.
Match each clue to its term in Section A on page 1.
Answer the four short-response questions in Section B on page 2.
Use the answer key on page 3 for self-check.
Pair with the Foreshadowing Worksheet for more practice.
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