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Characters
Solving
Mystery Elements
Mix-It-Up
Mash-Up
100
The main doer of evil deeds.
What is villian
100
A fact or object that gives information toward solving the crime.
What is clue
100
Persons within the story.
What is characters
100
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
What is secret
100
Something that is unknown.
What is mystery
200
Person who has knowledge about a crime.
What is witness
200
A thing or statement that helps to prove who committed the crime.
What is Evidence
200
The location where the mystery takes place.
What is setting
200
A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
What is victim
200
Drawing a conclusion.
What is deduction
300
Characters who may have caused the problem the mystery is trying to solve.
What is suspects
300
A guess or feeling not based on facts
What is hunch
300
The story of the mystery.
What is plot
300
An impression or mark made on a surface by a person's fingertip.
What is fingerprint
300
An action that breaks the law.
What is crime
400
Characters that try to solve the mystery.
What is Detectives
400
A discovery that helps solve the crime.
What is breakthrough
400
The way the story is set up.
What is structure
400
use of suspense to motivate the reader to read further into the story.
What is cliffhangers
400
Feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
What is suspense
500
An investigator.
What is sleuth
500
An excuse that an accused person uses to show that he or she was not at the scene of the crime.
What is alibi
500
A reason that a person does something - can include anger, hatred, love, or greed.
What is motive
500
clues throughout the story to provide the reader with information that will lead to the solution.
What is foreshadowing
500
A false clue that throws the detective off track.
What is red herring