Mystery Genre Vocabulary

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What is the purpose of this Mystery Genre unit?

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to learn to be detectives as we read

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Which is NOT an Element of a Mystery? Options: suspense and tension, various clues, a reasonable solution

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a plot twist

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What is a MOTIVE?

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The reason a crime is committed

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What is the MEANS?

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the way a crime is committed

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What is the OPPORTUNITY?

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the chance for a crime to occur

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ALIBI

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story or proof that someone was not involved in a crime

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FUGITIVE

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a person running from the law

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What is a LEAD?

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information that helps move the case in a certain direction

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What is a SLEUTH?

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a private investigator

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What is an ASSUMPTION?

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a guess