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Mystery Vocabulary

Authored by Teri Nelson

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 114+ times

Mystery Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

An excuse that shows someone was not at the scene of the crime

setting

detective

alibi

red herring

motive

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A sudden discovery that helps solve the crime

motive

breakthrough

sleuth

evidence

incriminate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a fact, object, or observation that helps to solve mysteries.

interrogate

investigate

evidence

clue

frame

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Another word for detective

sleuth

motive

incriminated

mystery

witness

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A gut feeling

accomplice

setting

alibi

breakthrough

hunch

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A reason for doing something

mystery

suspect

interrogated

motive

confess

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Something that is unknown

clue

mystery

evidence

perpetrator

suspect

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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