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Witness
a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.
an ending to an episode of a serial drama that leaves the audience in suspense.
Cliffhanger
a character who isn't the main focus in the story but instead supports the protagonist they ultimately help them achieve their goal, have a transformation, or move the story forward.
Supporting Character
Antagonist
a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something in a text; an adversary.
Protagonist
the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
Evidence
facts and physical details that can be used in court.
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Satire
Parody
produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre).
Dramatic Irony
occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don't.
the place where an offense has been committed and forensic evidence may be gathered.
Crime Scene
an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next.
Suspense
a scene that takes place before a story begins. This interrupts the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events in a character's life.
Flashback
a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.
Foreshadowing
Forensics
applying scientific principles and techniques to collect, examine, and analyze physical evidence of a crime.
Sleuth
a person who investigates crimes; a detective.
Red Herring
to a misleading, or false, clue. It is a common literary device used in mysteries and thrillers that can lead readers down a false path or otherwise distract t
a reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious
Motive
a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development.
Breakthrough
Scapegoat
a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
Scape Goat
Refers to any type of figure of speech, theme, image, character, or plot element that is used many times in a genre.
Trope
Alibi
a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
a person who has committed a crime.
Criminal
Alias
a false or assumed identity.
a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.
Plot
The process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows clues from the premises presented.
Deduction
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