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Crime Fiction
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Lamb to the Slaughter
Literary technique
100

Golden Age detectives usually solve crimes using this instead of violence

What is intelligence, brain

100
The main character who meets a young woman in an art museum.
Who is Richard?
100
The name of the Crime Scene Investigator.
Who is Grace McColl?
100

The name of the main character that moves to the suburbs.

Who is Mary Maloney

100

This literary device gives hints about future events in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

200

This subgenre of crime fiction features cynical detectives, violence, and corrupt cities.

What is hard-boiled detective fiction?

200
The place where the short story is set.
What is Venice, Italy?
200
The place where the short story is set?
What is a park?
200

Patrick Maloney

Who is Mary's husband

200

This misleading clue is meant to distract readers from the real solution.

What is a red herring?

300
The American inventor of crime fiction.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
300
The main character's wife.
Who is Sarah?
300
The victim's clothes.
What are a mini skirt and a skimpy top?
300

A leg of lamb

What is the murder weapon?

300

This type of ending does not clearly show what happens to the characters after the story finishes.

What is an open ending?

400

This detective lives at 221B Baker Street.

 Who is Sherlock Holmes?

400
The number of victims.
What is two?
400
The victim's background.
What is an abusive childhood?
400

A literary  technique where the reader knows crucial information that the characters do not

What is dramatic irony

400

The sequence of events that make up the story is called this.

What is the plot?

500

This doctor and friend narrates many Sherlock Holmes stories.

Who is Dr. John Watson?

500
The murder weapon with which the murderer kills her victims.
What is cheese-wire?
500
The "boyfriend's" gift which the girl is wearing.
What is a cheap ring?
500

Mary goes to this place to create an alibi

What is the grocery store?

500

The traditional elements of a crime story

What is crime, detection and solution