Detective

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the father of detective stories.

• True

• False

What is the detective genre?

• A story about a detective.

• A story where a detective investigates a crime.

• A story where different crimes are introduced and a detective investigates them.

A detective story needs a common crime to catch the reader's attention.

• True

• False

What kind of detectives can we find in a story?

• Only private detectives

• Private detectives, amateurs or a police officer

• The detectives are always police officers

The reader solves the crime before the detective reveals the answer

• True

• False

Detective stories starts with a...

• Mystery

• Criminal

• Crime

The person who saw the crime is a...

• Culprit

• Suspect

• Witness

Detective stories have a linear plot

• True

• False

The _______ is the inner drive or reason a person has to commit a crime

• Motive

• Deduction

• Alibi

The red herring is an important discovery that helps the detective to solve the crime

• True

• False