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Mystery Vocabulary

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    Vocabulary relating to the mystery genre.
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  • This person is the brain behind the crime.
    Mastermind
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  • This is the reason someone does something.
    Motive
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  • Someone who helps another person commit a crime.
    Accomplice
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  • A person whose job is to solve crimes.
    Detective
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  • A person who sees a crime happen.
    Eyewitness
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  • A clue that is supposed to trick you.
    Red Herring
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  • A piece of evidence that helps solve a crime.
    Clue
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  • People who are harmed, injured, or killed from a crime.
    Victim
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  • Someone who is expected to have committed a crime.
    Suspect
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  • An excuse that an accused person uses to show that they were not at the crime scene.
    Alibi
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  • The time and place of a story
    Setting
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  • Something that is a secret and is unknown
    Mystery
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  • Proof of a crime
    Evidence
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  • An act that breaks the law.
    Crime
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  • Name at least one motive for a crime
    Jealousy, revenge, crime of opportunity, material need, etc
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