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Terms
Elements
The Tell-Tale Heart
Lamb to the Slaughter
The Landlady
100
Hints to the answer to the mystery. Can be made known to the detective or only to the reader.
What are clues?
100
The character who is believed to have committed a crime.
What is suspect?
100
The characteristic about the 'Old Man' that drives the narrator to kill him.
What is the Evil Eye?
100
The murder weapon.
What is a leg of lamb?
100
The amount of time it takes for the landlady to open the door after he rings it.
What is none? (or immediately, or less than half a second)
200
The reason a crime was committed.
What is motive?
200
The character who is trying to solve the mystery. This character may or may not be a police officer.
What is detective?
200
From the beginning of the story, the narrator continues to claim that he is not this.
What is mad?
200
The reason Mary Maloney went to the grocery store.
What is her alibi?
200
Seeing these through the window help convince Billy to stay at the Bed and Breakfast.
What are animals?
300
A false or misleading clue.
What is a red herring?
300
The character who can provide the detective with information about the mystery.
What is witness?
300
This organ pushes the narrator to his limit, causing him to 'snap' and kill the Old Man. It also leads to him confessing his crime to the police.
What is the heart?
300
The way Mary Maloney hid the murder weapon from the detectives.
What is she fed it to them?
300
Billy does not like his tea because it tastes like this.
What is bitter almonds.
400
'Proof' given by a suspect that he or she did not commit a crime.
What is an alibi?
400
The character who suffers an injustice or needs to have a mystery solved.
What is victim?
400
The amount of time the narrator spends watching the Old Man and planning the murder.
What is a week? (Or eight days, including the night of the murder)
400
This is what Mary Maloney did when the detectives ate the leg of lamb.
What is giggle?
400
Billy begins to head to the pub, but this catches his attention and draws him in.
What is the Bed and Breakfast sign?
500
Hints or clues given by the author about what will happen later in the story. This is often used to create suspense.
What is foreshadowing?
500
Clues used by the detective to help solve the mystery. Examples include footprints, DNA, and murder weapons.
What is evidence?
500
This is the sense that the narrator claims is heightened by his disease.
What is hearing?
500
The way Mary Maloney 'felt' when she came home from the grocery to find Patrick.
What is shocked?
500
Where the Landlady tells Billy her two most recent guests are.
What is on the fourth floor?