what’s this literary device?

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Yuvraj Shah 0 January 17, 2016 0 Comments

What is the name of the literary device by which a realistic detail gains predictive and perhaps even symbolic meaning as the story progresses, or when we look back at how the story developed?

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2016-01-18T07:13:19+00:00

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English Tutor 2.75K Posted January 18, 2016 0 Comments

Yes, it is foreshadowing, a literary device that hints or predicts what is going to happen later in the story or an advance prediction about the future.