Mystery Vocabulary
another name for a detective
a) detective
b) red herring
c) sleuth
c) sleuth
yeas
easy
How many days are in a normal year?
365
What is the action verb in this sentence?
After the speech, Mario asked a question of Sydney.
2. asked
Something that is used to divert attention from the basic issue.
a) red herring
b) sleuth
a) red herring
Someone who is harmed or suffers some loss.
a) witness
b) victim
c) suspect
b) victim
koobttxe
textbook
What are animals that eat only plants called?
a) omnivore
b) carnivore
c) mammal
d) herbivore
d) herbivore
Choose the correct verb to fill in the blank.
Tacos better with cheese on top.
1. taste
An excuse that an accused person used to show that he/she was somewhere else than at the scene of the crime.
alibi
A guess or feeling not based on known facts.
a) motive
b) hunch
c) deduce
b) hunch
pueppis
puppies
Which country is also a continent?
Australia
Which of these prefixes means "bad" or "wrong"?
4. mis-
An inner drive that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way.
motive
An advance or discovery that helps solve a crime.
a) breakthrough
c) exploration
a) breakthrough
doria
radio
What is the math term for a five-sided polygon?
pentagon
Which sentence is capitalized correctly?
1. Sally moved from Ellington, Missouri to Kansas City, Kansas.
Another name for the type of story.
genre
The internal or external problems in a story.
a) conflict
b) setting
c) plot
a) conflict
tenomrs
monster
In which country is the Eiffel Tower located?
France
The prefix "hydro" means..........
water
An act committed in violation of the law.
crime