Mystery Writing Vocab

What do you call something that is used as proof in a crime?

• setting
• evidence
• plot
• suspect

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which term means "an act committed in violation of the law"?

• mystery
• hunch
• victim
• crime

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Something that is secret and unknown is a ...

• witness
• suspect
• mystery
• crime

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the name for someone who investigates crimes?

• detective
• motive
• mystery
• alibi

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which term means "an excuse an accused person uses to show he/she was somewhere else than at the scene of the crime"?

• clue
• alibi
• plot
• evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the term for someone who is harmed or suffers some loss?

• victim
• witness
• detective
• sleuth

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is it called when a detective takes a guess or has a feeling that is not based on known facts?

• hunch
• clue
• suspect
• motive

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the inner drive that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way?

• alibi
• crime
• plot
• motive

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which term means "a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries"?

• clue
• sleuth
• witness
• detective

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is another name for a detective?

• witness
• victim
• sleuth
• suspect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A