People
What is a detective?
A person who is harmed, injured, or killed as the result of a crime or other event or action.
What is a victim?
pieces of information that work together to help solve a mystery
What are clues?
an action or activity that is not legal, is evil, or wrong and is punishable
What is crime?
a judgement or decision reached through reasoning
A person considered by investigators to be a possible perpetrator of a crime.
What is a suspect?
A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.
What is a witness?
to watch systematically, carefully, and attentively in order to make a discovery
What is observe?
physical items or witnesses that a criminal leaves behind when a crime is committed; facts that detectives use to solve mysteries
What is evidence?
a person's revelation of a secret or explanation for how they committed a crime
What is a confession?
A person who commits a crime?
What is a perpetrator?
the correct answer to a puzzle or mystery, based on facts gathered
What is a solution?
a discovery; the point in a story where the clues fit together to allow characters and/ or readers to understand something that was unclear before
What is a breakthrough?
What is a motive?
to study or analyze details of a crime or event by finding clues, analyzing evidence, and asking questions systematically
What is investigate?
A detective or person who investigates a crime in an effort to solve it.
a feeling of uncertainty; a quality of stories that makes readers excited, anxious, or uncertain
What is suspense?
serve as a warning or indication of something to come
What is foreshadow?
the way or system in which an action was completed
What is means?
a strong feeling or 'gut instinct' that one has without factual basis
What is a hunch?
An amateur detective; someone who studies or investigates crime.
What is a gumshoe?
the explanation someone gives for their location and/or activities during the time when the crime was committed; an attempt to prove that one could not have committed the crime
What is an alibi?
describing a situation in which is has been suggested that something has happened, but it has not yet been proven
What is allegedly?
a clue, event, or piece of evidence that takes away attention from the real solution; a diversion
What is a red herring?
to give support to a statement or theory
What is corroborate?