T-Rex: Foreshadowing is when you hint at what's about to happen next in a story! It happens whenever a character announces "BOY I SURE HOPE THERE ARE NO EXPLOSIONS ON THE NEXT PAGE!!" just before he gets blown up!
T-Rex: In an EXPLOSION!
Narrator: LITERARY TECHNIQUE COMICS
Narrator: today's technique:
Narrator: FORESHADOWING
T-Rex: Foreshadowing's great, because sometimes people want to know what happens in a story before it actually happens. In situations like this, an author might write "Jenn realized that she was about to blast into space. Or WAS she?? You'd better keep reading, huh?" There, foreshadowing both hinted at the future of the story, AND encouraged the reader to keep reading. This is an extremely canonical use of foreshadowing.
Utahraptor: So doubt's important to foreshadowing?
T-Rex: Absolutely!
T-Rex: If you simply say "Jenn realized that she was about to blast into space! Seconds later, she blasted into space!" that is not foreshadowing. That is just outstanding space storytelling.
Utahraptor: I think it's still foreshadowing.
T-Rex: Yeah? Well maybe we'll see what SHAKESPEARE has to say...!
Narrator: MEANWHILE, IN TUDOR ENGLAND!
T-Rex: Shakespeare, is it still foreshadowing if it's about a woman who's DEFINITELY blasting into space?
Off panel: i dunno... yes?
T-Rex: Shakespeare! The correct answer is "no!"
T-Rex: Pull yourself together, Shakespeare!