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What is the noun for foreshadowing?

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foreshadowing
  1. A literary device whereby an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “His contention that grammar is the empirical study of prose and poetry ought to be considered a foreshadowing of what would later become common praxis in the field of linguistics.”
      “Thus, I had a foreshadowing of how the ax would figure in the tale when it was first flung at the trees.”
foreshadower
  1. One who or that which foreshadows.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The image is perhaps a touch heavy-handed as a foreshadower of how Hemingway ended up.”
      “Mackenzie, on the other hand, Julia is less a bringer of doom than a foreshadower of it.”
      “Read it twice, and you'll discover that Langer, unlike his unworldly protagonist, is a subtly cunning foreshadower of plot and theme.”
foreshadowings
  1. plural of foreshadowing
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Any foreshadowings of the work of Francis Ford Coppola are completely unaccidental — made even more definite in the widescreen version.”
      “At the same time, we should not be content simply to find foreshadowings, or coincidences, within the landscape of his films.”
      “The maestoso which ushers in the Allegro of the last sonata contains foreshadowings which are better felt than explained.”
foreshadowers
  1. plural of foreshadower
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