Vocab 1
What is a clue?
Something found that helps solve a problem or mystery
Someone who saw the crime being committed and can provide some information
What are the main characters like in a mystery?
They work to solve the crime.
Historical Fiction
What is a subgenre of fiction?
What is a suspect?
A person who is believed to have possibly committed the crime
A person who is harmed or suffers some loss due to the crime
What is a victim?
What is the setting usually like in the mystery subgenre? Why?
It usually takes place in the real world or in everyday settings. Adding in magic or fantasy makes it hard to solve the mystery.
Biography
What is a subgenre?
Fable
What is a subgenre of folklore?
What is a crime?
An action that is against the law
A false lead that throws the investigator off track
What is a Red Herring?
What is the plot like in the mystery subgenre?
Usually starts with a crime and ends with the crime being solved.
Fantasy
What is a subgenre
Autobiography
What is a subgenre of nonfiction?
What is evidence?
Information and facts that help prove something or make you believe something is true
One who investigates crimes and gathers evidence. Must give both names!
What is detective and sleuth?
What is the main problem in the story in the mystery subgenre?
There is a crime that needs solving.
Nonfiction
What is a genre?
Fairy Tale
What is a subgenre of Folklore?
What is a sleuth?
One who investigates crimes and gathers evidence; a detective.
An excuse that a suspect uses to show that he or she was somewhere other than at the scene of the crime when the crime was committed
What is an Alibi?
What is the solution in the mystery subgenre?
The solution is that the crime is solved!
Drama
What is a genre?
Persuasive writing
What is a subgenre of nonfiction?