Mystery vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alibi | an excuse that an accused person uses to show that he/she was somewhere else than at the scene of the crime |
| breakthrough | an advance or discovery that helps solve a crime |
| clue | a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries |
| crime | an act committed in violation of the law |
| deduce(v)/deduction (noun) | to infer by logical reasoning |
| detective | a person who investigates crimes and gathers information |
| evidence | something, such as a witness statement or |
| hunch | a guess or feeling not based on known facts |
| motive | an inner drive that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way |
| mystery | something that is secret and unknown |
| plot | the arrangement of incidents in a story |
| purloin | to steal |
| red herring | something that is used to distract someone from the truth |
| setting | the time, place, environment and surrounding circumstances of a story |
| sleuth | another name for a detective |
| suspect | a person who is suspected of doing a crime |
| victim | someone who is harmed or suffers some loss |
| witness | someone who saw or can give a firsthand account of something |
| denouement (n) | unknotting or unraveling of the main dramatic complication of the plot, producing the final outcome |
| exposition | the part of the play/story that reveals what has hpapened before, exposing theme, characters, and previous events. |
| climax | the culminating event of a series of events; the point of highest dramatic tension |
| foreshadowing | an event that predicts future outcomes often through sumbolic objects, actions or sayings |
| symbolism | using something to represent something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign. |
| crisis | a mini-climax; a situation that requires action |
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