Characteristics
Examples
Name that thingamabob
100

What is a false clue or distraction in a Mystery?

Red Herring

100

Person that solves the mystery

Detective

100

Clue

Hints to solve the mystery

200

What is a place that a suspect said they were during said crime?

Alibi

200

“Nobody ever did that!‘’That was a __________!”

Red herring

200

Puzzle/Mystery

Thing that needs to be solzed

300

Hints to the Future

Foreshadowing

300

“Nobody will ever beat me!!!”

Foreshadowing

300

Suspects

People who are suspected to have committed the crime

400

“ I ate it because I haven’t ate in 4 days!”

Motive

400

What will happen in next????

Suspense

400

Mystery (formal answer)

A story in which a crime or something happens with a detective, suspects, and characteristics like clues and red herrings.

500

What is it called when readers know something characters do not?

Dramatic Irony

500

Ending of a Mystery (two answers)

Resolution/solution

500

Dramatic Irony

We know something the characters don’t :)