PLA Mystery Vocabulary
Authored by JOSEPHINE D
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
alibi
someone who saw or can give a firsthand account of something
an excuse that an accused person uses to show that he/she was somewhere else than at the scene of the crime
a person who investigates crimes and gathers information
a guess or feeling not based on known facts
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
breakthrough
something that is used to divert attention from the basic issue
guess or feeling not based on known facts
an advance or discovery that helps solve a crime
a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries
Tags
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
clue
a guess or feeling not based on known facts
a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries
something, such as a witness statement orobject that is used as proof in a crime
something that is used to divert attention from the basic issue
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
crime
a person who investigates crimes and gathers information
to steal or filch
an act committed in violation of the law
a person who is suspected of a crime
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
deduce
to infer by logical reasoning
to steal or filch
an excuse that an accused person uses to show that he/she was somewhere else than at the scene of the crime
to completely guess something
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
detective
something that is used to divert attention from the basic issue
someone who is harmed or suffers some loss
someone who saw or can give a firsthand account of something
a person who investigates crimes and gathers information
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
evidence
the time, place, environment and surrounding circumstances of a story
to infer by logical reasoning
something, such as a witness statement or object that is used as proof in a crime
a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries
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