LITERARY TERMS
CHARACTERS
EVENTS
CHARACTERISTICS OF A DETECTIVE STORY
PLACES
100
GENRE
What is a category system which all writing falls into
100
Dr. Roylott
What is the character in the Speckled Band who kills Julia.
100
Murder of a lady at Stoke Moran Manor
What was the story of The Speckled Band
100
Most detective stories need to be_______________
What is believable and usually involve murder.
100
The place where most of the Sherlock Holmes cases took place.
What is Baker Street, London, England
200
personification
What is giving human traits to non human things
200
Jabez Wilson
What is the pawnbroker who has red hair and is a little bit simple or slow.
200
A series of murders that had no explaination
What is The Orange Pips
200
The detective himself must be
What is intelligent, a little quirky, a memorable character.
200
The place where the murder in the Speckled Band took place.
What is Stoke Moran Manor or house
300
forshadowing
What is giving clues as to what will happen in the story
300
John Clay
What is the rich man who was going to steal the french gold from the bank.
300
An unusual tunnel dug to get to the french gold
What is The Red Headed League
300
Along with a detective there must be an outstanding_______________ a criminal that is clever.
What is an opponent or antagonist.
300
the first place where the five orange pips came from.
What is India.
400
simile
What is a form of writing to compare using like or as
400
John Openshaw
What is the last of a line of men who were murdered using the orange pips
400
A shipwreck in which the murderers were drowned
What is The Orange Pips
400
All suspects must be introduced ______________in the story.
What is at the beginning of the story.
400
The place where Jabez Wilson worked.
What is the pawnshop
500
imagery
What is using words to create a picture in your mind
500
Mr. Jones
What is the policeman in the Red Headed League.
500
A marriage that was to take place, but never did.
What is The Speckled Band
500
At the end of the story the solution must be__________
What is obvious, logical, and possible.
500
the place where john Openshaw was murdered.
What is the Waterloo Bridge
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