PLA Mystery Vocabulary

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.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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.8.2D

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

hunch

• a guess or feeling not based on known facts

• to infer by logical reasoning

• an excuse that an accused person uses to show that he/she was somewhere else than at the scene of the crime

• an inner drive that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

motive

• something that is used to divert attention from the basic issue

• an act committed in violation of the law

• an inner drive that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way

• to steal or filch

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

mystery

• breakthrough

• an advance or discovery that helps solve a crime

• an act committed in violation of the law

• something that is secret and unknown

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C