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foreshadowing
verb
To presage, or suggest something in advance.
noun
(authorship, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
"The roses blooming before Rose herself bloomed was excellent foreshadowing."
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