Characters in Suspense
Vocabulary
Plot
Suspense One
Character Vocab
100
The person trying to solve the mystery
What is a detective, investigator, or sleuth?
100
Hints that help the detective and the reader solve the mystery
What are clues?
100
The events in a story
What is the plot?
100

anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or mysterious situation

What is suspense?

100

the main character in a story

What is the protagonist?

200
A person who has seen or heard something important to the story
What is a witness?
200
An excuse that an accused person uses to show that he or she was not at the scene of the crime
What is an alibi?
200
The part of the mystery where you learn about the problem and meet the characters
What is the introduction or exposition?
200

When the reader knows something the character doesn't

What is dramatic irony? 

200

The character who goes against the goals or intentions of the main character of the story

What is the antagonist?

300
Someone who is possibly guilty of a crime or responsible for an unexplained event
What is a suspect?
300
An action that breaks the law
What is a crime?
300

The part of the story where someone is working to solve the mystery

What is the body or rising action of the story?

300

part of the setting; helps set the tone or mood and can go along with the character's mental state

What is the weather or the season?

300

a character whose traits are opposite or different from the main character, revealing more about them 

What is a foil?

400
This is what a good detective gets when he or she suspects something is going on or wrong in a situation
What is a hunch?
400
a thing or statement that helps to prove who committed the crime
What is evidence?
400

The part of the story where the mystery is solved

What is the resolution or conclusion?

400

a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

400

a hero who has negative or distasteful qualities 

What is an anti-hero?

500
Another name for the antagonist in a story
What is the villain?
500

the work that helps solve the crime

What is an investigation?

500
The tool for writing out the key events of the plot
What is a plot diagram?
500

The five things an author appeals to in order to make the story more realistic

What is the senses?

500

What we label a character that the reader likes/cares about 

What is a sympathetic character?

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