Mystery Vocabulary

something that helps prove who committed the crime

• suspect

• evidence

• detective

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

an excuse that shows someone was not at the crime scene (why it COULDN'T be that person!)

• alibi

• suspect

• detective

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

something that is secret and unknown

• alibi

• red herring

• mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a false lead that throws the investigator (or reader) off track

• suspect

• red herring

• crime

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries

• clue

• red herring

• alibi

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

another name for a detective

• clue

• suspect

• sleuth

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

an act against the law (an illegal act)

• clue

• crime

• red herring

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a person who is believed to have possibly committed the crime

• suspect

• red herring

• sleuth

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a person who investigates crimes and mysteries and gathers information

• detective

• alibi

• suspect

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

person affected by the crime (it happened to them)

• sleuth

• victim

• suspect

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D