Mystery Genre

Someone who saw the crime being committed and can provide some information.

• Witness

• Red Herring

• Detective

Characters trying to solve the mystery.

• Witnesses

• Detectives

• Red Herring

A story that takes place now and includes details that could happen in real life.

• Mystery

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

Characters who may have committed the crime.

• Detective

• Witnesses

• Suspects

Where and when the mystery takes place.

• Setting

• Plot

• Characters

Which genre? A group of kids play a baseball game and win!

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Biography

When reading a mystery, the reader must pay close attention to the

• Character's clothes

• Clues

• The name of the author

• Time period

What is a MOTIVE?

• The reason a crime is committed

• The way a crime is committed

• The chance for a crime to occur

Which is it? Fiction or Nonfiction?

One day a wizard cast a mystical spell and turned a princess into a frog.

A ______ herring distracts the detective from solving the mystery.

• Yellow

• Red

• Purple

• Purple