Mystery Writing Vocab

What do you call something that is used as proof in a crime?

• setting
• evidence
• plot
• suspect

Which term means "an act committed in violation of the law"?

• mystery
• hunch
• victim
• crime

Something that is secret and unknown is a ...

• witness
• suspect
• mystery
• crime

What is the name for someone who investigates crimes?

• detective
• motive
• mystery
• alibi

Which term means "an excuse an accused person uses to show he/she was somewhere else than at the scene of the crime"?

• clue
• alibi
• plot
• evidence

What is the term for someone who is harmed or suffers some loss?

• victim
• witness
• detective
• sleuth

What is it called when a detective takes a guess or has a feeling that is not based on known facts?

• hunch
• clue
• suspect
• motive

What is the inner drive that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way?

• alibi
• crime
• plot
• motive

Which term means "a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries"?

• clue
• sleuth
• witness
• detective

What is another name for a detective?

• witness
• victim
• sleuth
• suspect