Suspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anticipation about what's going to happen next. Suspense is what you feel when your friend whispers in the hallway, "You won't believe what happened. I'll call you after school to tell you about it." If your friend added, "It has something to do with those boxes that showed up on our porch yesterday," that hint would be foreshadowing: You would know that the boxes were important, and you would spend the rest of the day wondering what could have been in them.
Suspense is an essential part of most stories. Authors build suspense not just to tease the reader, but to create part of the story's structure. After all, if we knew the outcome up front, the story would be over before it started. The outcome of a story is more meaningful when we've followed the characters on their uncertain journey to get there. In most cases, that journey is a lot like real life--full of surprises and complications.
Question
What parts of a story's plot are most likely to contain foreshadowing?
the exposition and/or the rising action
