Foreshadowing is when something that happens in a book that gives you a hint to what is going to happen later in the book. An example of foreshadowing in Cirque Du Freak is, "Look what I found!" Alan yelled, waiving a soggy piece of paper around under our noses." This is soggy piece of paper is a Cirque Du Freak flyer which leads them to go to the show, without the flyer nobody would have gone to the show. "We're here to see the Cirque Du Freak" He said. "Are you?" The man nodded slowly. "Do you have tickets?" Everything changes when they enter the show. Steve recognized Mr. Crepsley and that's where everything went wrong.