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"Heh. I was gonna say it sounds like "The DaVinci Code," until I realized this is a pretty common technique. "Foreshadowing" or either "presaging" comes to mind; but maybe too subtle?"
This isn't really what I think of as foreshadowing, somehow. To me, that term implies something that happens early in a book or movie that is very like something that happens later on, but perhaps less intense than the later plot development. I think of a particularly lousy movie I saw once ("Fun House", I believe it was) where the heroine is taking a shower and you think she's about to be hacked to bits and it's only her brother annoying her. Brian DiPalma, a director I really don't like, pulls that stunt pretty often.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted is there a word for this? Alex Williams 08/16/04 04:31 PM Re: is there a word for this? AnnaStrophic 08/16/04 06:28 PM Re: is there a word for this? clockworkchaos 08/16/04 06:48 PM Re: is there a word for this? Alex Williams 08/16/04 07:20 PM Re: is there a word for this? clockworkchaos 08/16/04 07:33 PM Re: is there a word for this? Alex Williams 08/17/04 10:30 AM Re: is there a word for this? clockworkchaos 08/17/04 11:37 AM Re: is there a word for this? Jackie 08/17/04 04:05 PM Re: is there a word for this? Alex Williams 08/17/04 05:55 PM Re: is there a word for this? clockworkchaos 08/17/04 06:33 PM Re: is there a word for this? birdfeed 08/19/04 06:41 PM Re: is there a word for this? Bobyoungbalt 08/18/04 01:21 AM
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