Mystery Vocabulary

Mystery Vocabulary

5th - 8th Grade

12 Qs

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Mystery Vocabulary

Mystery Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.6.4C, L.7.4C, L.8.4C

+15

Standards-aligned

Created by

Danell Toutge

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an alibi?

your reason for having been somewhere else when a crime was committed

something intended to distract or draw attention away from the real problem

another name for detective

to break the law

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a witness?

someone who commits a crime

someone who investigates a crime

someone who sees a crime being committed

someone who is thought to have committed a crime but hasn't been proven guilty

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a suspect?

someone who sees a crime being committed

someone who is thought to have committed a crime but hasn't been proven guilty yet

someone who solves a crime

someone who has an alibi

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a mystery?

an unsolved puzzle

another name for detective

another name for sleuth

a logical reason

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a clue?

someone who sees a crime being committed

a gut feeling or educated guess

a piece of evidence that helps solve a problem

an unsolved puzzle

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a red herring?

a cause for someone's actions - the reason why someone might have committed a crime

another name for detective

using logic to solve a problem

something intended to distract away from the real problem (good authors use this in writing mysteries)

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a motive?

the reason why someone might have committed a crime

an unsolved puzzle

proof - items found at a crime scene that help solve the myster

to break the law

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

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