Rules of Mystery
Academic Vocabulary 1
Academic Vocabulary 2
100
Rule #1: The crime must be ________________________.
What is significant
100
Something that is a secret, unknown or unclear
What is a mystery?
100
Hints that help the reader and detective solve the mystery such as things that people say or do, or objects that provide important information.
What are clues?
200
Rule #2: The detective must be a ______________________ character.
What is memorable
200
An act that is against the law.
What is crime?
200
A person who is believed to have possibly committed the crime based on a potential motive or based on clues that point to him/her.
What is a suspect?
300
Rule #3: The ____________________ must be a worthy opponent.
What is criminal
300
A person who investigates the crime or mystery and gathers information to solve it.
What is detective?
300
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?
400
Rule #4: The ________ must be available to the reader.
What are clues
400
Someone who saw the crime being committed and can provide information to the detective to help solve it.
What is witness?
400
Someone who is harmed or suffers some loss because of the crime that was committed
What is a victim?
500
Rule #5: The _______________ must appear early in the story. Rule #6: The solution must be obvious and ____________.
What are suspects and logical
500
Something physical that is left behind that helps prove who committed the crime.
What is evidence?
500
Another name for a detective
What is a sleuth?
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