WorksheetsMystery Unit Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
an excuse that an accused person uses to show that he or she was not at the scene of the crime
deduction
crime
witness
alibi
A discovery that helps solve the crime
hunch
motive
breakthrough
sleuth
Something that is unknown
mystery
witness
deduction
crime
An action that breaks the law
alibi
red herring
suspect
crime
detectives and sleuths are the same because they
commit crimes
find false clues
investigate crimes and look/gather clues
are the people who have a motive
A witness is someone who...
investigates a crime
saw something or has knowledge about the crime
finds clues to solve a crime
investigates detectives in a case
I had a ___________ that he was the one who committed the crime. He just seemed a bit suspicious!
breakthrough
suspect
alibi
hunch
All of these are examples of evidence that can be gathered at a crime scene to help solve a crime except:
a FINGERPRINT
A PIECE OF HAIR
A DROP OF BLOOD
A PIECE OF FURNITURE
Mrs. McMillin wasn't at school on Friday. Mrs. Czech and Mrs. McMillin's classes are reading mysteries in class. They couldn't believe it. Someone stole a cookie from the NOMS cafeteria last Friday. There is a real mystery to be solved! Who would not be possible suspects in this crime?
Mrs. McMillin
Mrs. Czech
6th grade students
A false clue that throws the investigator off track is called a...
alibi
red herring
deduction
evidence
The author that is known as the "Queen of Mystery" is
Mrs. Czech
Agatha Christie
Mrs. McMillin
All of these are possible motives for why people commit crime except:
Jealousy
Intelligence
Greed
Hatred
How are mysteries different from other stories?
They have an intense plot
They have exciting characters
They have clues within them
They have a problem
The term that is used to define how the author makes the reader feel in a story is called
tone
mood
When an author shares something that happened in the character's past, it is called a
cliffhanger
foreshadow
suspense
flashback
