Mystery and Suspense

Detective/Sleuth

• A person who investigates crimes and gathers evidence.
• The person who commits a crime
• DNA evidence
• A Red Herring

Victim

• The person who commits a crime
• The police officer investigating a crime
• Someone who is deceived or cheated or suffers some loss
• An attorney 

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Suspect 

• Police Officer
• The victim
• The judge/jury
• A person who is believed to be guilty of a crime.

Witness

• Someone who commits a crime
• Someone who finds the criminals
• Someone who see or can give a first-hand account of something.
• The person you call when your internet goes down.

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Hunch

• A suspicion or a guess not based on known facts.
• A bump on a persons back
• The name of the guy who lives in Notre Dame
• A specialized detective 

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Alibi

• Proof someone offers to show they couldn't have committed the crime.
• A white-collar criminal
• A type of investigation 
• A fruit

Motive

• A means of transportation
• An emoji's cousin
• Something that causes someone to act a certain way
• A type of candle

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Crime

• A good choice
• A show on television
• An act committed in violation of the law
• An awesome idea

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Setting

• The main idea of the story
• The characters in a story
• The time, place, and circumstances of a story.
• Plates and dishes

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Plot

• Where the story takes place
• The main characters
• A piece of sod
• The arrangement of events in a story

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