Mystery Vocabulary

What is a Mystery Book?

• A book genre that focuses on solving a crime or unusual event.
• Something the cafeteria is serving for lunch. 
• A math word problem that you have to use money to solve.
• A new game on abcya.

What is a crime?

• When we have mix it up day at lunch
• When we have reading buddies. 
• An action committed that is against the law. 
• A punishment for pushing someone on the soccer field. 

What is evidence?

• Something that proves who was involved in the crime. 
• Something that you use to show you the path home.
• Something scientists use to look at stars and other planets.
• Something Wampanoag people used to make moccasins out of. 

What is a victim? 

• Something a detective would use to keep track of the information they find when solving a crime.
• A police dog.
• An endangered animal.
• Someone who is harmed or suffers because of the crime/mystery.

What is a detective/sleuth?

• A person who attempts to solve the mystery by gathering helpful clues and information.
• The person who committed the crime. 
• The place where something was stolen.
• Another name for a chair.

What is a suspect?

• A word that describes how tall someone is. 
• The people who are believed to have committed or taken part in the crime. (Who did it.) 
• The book genre that focuses on solving a crime or unusual event. 
• What we had for snack today. 

What is a witness?

• The sign at the end of roasd that cars have to stop at. 
• An action committed that is against the law.
• The place where you store your backpack when you come into class in the morning. 
• Someone who saw the crim happen or knows something about it and can provide information.

What is an alibi? 

• The story that you tell your friends about what you did over the weekend.
• A story, excuse, or person a suspect uses to prove they weren't near the crime. (The cover story.) 
• The name of a place people like to go to eat dinner.
• The place where you can go and watch new movies that just came out.

What is a clue?

• The person who attempts to solve the mystery/crime. 
• A fact or object that helps solve the crime. 
• The food Wampanoag people would grow. 
• The name of the first computer. 

What is a Red Herring?

• A false lead or suspect that is meant to throw the investigator off track. (Bad information.)
• The color of a fish that lives in the Connecticut River. 
• A store in Amherst.
• The best flavor of ice cream served at Friendly's.