The literary device of foreshadowing is often used by authors. which of the following passages from farewell to manzanar is the best illustration of this device? a. "it meant much more to her now than it had before the war." b. "this put him right back where he'd been in 1904." c. "papa already knew the car he'd put money on before pearl harbor had been repossessed." d. "i didn't really see cabrillo homes for what it was until i started high school a few years later."

Choice D would be the correct answer. Foreshadowing is essentially the term for literature when authors hint at events to come, and when I read choice D, it caused me to feel that there was something that the author had not told me yet, which is essentially the goal of foreshadowing. It is intended to get the reader expecting something else to happen. The other three choices, although they are statements as well, seem to be relating more to previous events as opposed to hinting at something to come. :)

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