Mystery Unit Terms

Detective

• The person who is thought to have committed the crime.

• The character who is guilty.

• The person the crime was committed against.

• A person who gathers clues to attempt to solve a mystery.

Victim

• A person who gathers clues to attempt to solve a mystery.

• The person the crime was committed against

• The people who are thought to have committed the crime.

• The people who saw the crime.

witness

• A person who gathers clues to attempt to solve a mystery.

• The character who is guilty.

• The people who saw the crime.

• The people who are thought to have committed the crime.

suspect

• The people who saw the crime.

• The character who is guilty.

• The person who is thought to have committed the crime.

• The person the crime was committed against.

alibi

• The point of th mystery story.

• The story the detective puts together to prove the case.

• A story or excuse a suspect uses to try and prove they are innocent.

• The story the villain puts together to explain the reason for the crime.

crime

• The action to help the suspects get cleared.

• The wrongdoing committed by the

  villain.

• The act the detective completes to solve the case.

• The action needed to put the villain to justice.

clues

• Information used to distract the detective from solving the crime.

• Information provided by suspects to clear them from wrongdoing.

• Facts provided by villian to obscure the story.

• Facts, information or objects that

  help to solve the crime.

evidence

• The reason the villain committed the crime.

• Something that proves who

  took part in the crime.

• Facts, information or objects that

  help to solve the crime.

• A false lead or suspect that

  throws off the detective.

red herring

• The reason the villain committed the crime.

• Something that proves who

  took part in the crime.

• Facts, information or objects that

  help to solve the crime.

• A false lead or suspect that

  throws off the detective.

villain

• The character who is guilty.

• The people who are thought to have committed the crime.

• The people who saw the crime.

• The person the crime was committed against.