Mystery Novels
A person suspected of a crime is known as this.
What is a suspect.
Author of "Murder on the Orient Express"
Who is Agatha Christie?
This goes at the end of a question sentence.
What is a question mark?
True or false? A do/what chart only deals with the prompt of an essay.
What is true?
This type of irony is when words are used to convey something opposite of the literal meaning.
What is verbal irony?
This word means an excuse a suspect has for not being near the crime.
What is an alibi?
What is a mystery novel?
This is used to separate sentences, clauses, or phrases. You can also use it to separate items in a series.
What is a comma?
This step in the writing process means correcting grammar.
What is editing?
This is when verbal irony is used in a derogatory fashion.
What is sarcasm?
This word means the reason a suspect has for committing a crime.
What is a motive?
Who is the main detective in "Murder on the Orient Express"?
Who is Hercule Poirot?
This is used to show possession or denote a contraction.
What is an apostrophe?
This step in the writing process means to correct content.
What is revision?
This type of irony occurs when readers know more than the characters in the story.
What is dramatic irony?
This is what detectives find in order to help them solve a crime.
What is evidence?
What nationality is Poirot?
What is Belgian?
This is used to separate two independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
What is a TIDE organizer?
This type of irony occurs when something happens opposite of what you would expect.
What is situational irony?
This is a person a crime has been committed against.
Who is the victim?
Name two clues found in Ratchett's compartment.
What are a pipe cleaner, a flat match, and a handkerchief?
What shows that words are left out or to trail off sentences?
What is an ellipsis?
To avoid plagiarism, add these to the end of your paper.
What are citations?
This is when multiple words in a phrase begin with the same letter sound.
What is alliteration?