Mystery Vocabulary

making an educated guess based on details from the text to make a prediction or hypothesis

• Interpretation
• Extrapolation
• Conjecture
• Inference

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a repeating pattern or prototype in literature

• motif
• archetype

• plot
• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

tension and anxiety created to engage the audience

• suspense

• mood

• tone

• red-herring

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

when a story ends, and even though the original problem is changed, the characters' fate is unknown and a larger problem exists

• cliff-hanger

• happy ending
• clear ending
• resolved ending

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

when the audience knows more than the characters involved

• Tragic irony
• Dramatic irony
• Comedic irony
• Situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

the tempo or rate at which the plot unfolds

• rhythm
• pace
• speed
• volume

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

hints or clues the author plants to let the reader know what will happen

• Backwarding
• Aftertelling
• Prefiguring
• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

how the reader or audience feels

• mood

• tone

• irony

• happy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the author's specific word choice

• tone

• mood

• diction
• grammar

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A deliberate piece of misleading information in a story; used to keep the reader (and characters guessing)

• blue herring
• yellow herring
• red herring
• green herring

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5