Mystery Elements

1. Hints that help the detectives and reader solve the mystery.

Structure

Setting

Clues

Distractions

2. True or False: In a mystery there is usually a problem or puzzle to be solved, something missing, a secret, or an event that is not explained.

True

False

3. The location where the mystery takes place.

Clues

Characters

Setting

Structure

4. True or False: Distractions make it easier for the investigator to solve the mystery.

True

False

5. Things that lead the an investigator off the path, including clues that do not add up.

Clues

Structure

Setting

Distraction

6. Most mystery plots use.....

Suspense

Readers

Cars

Dogs

7. This refers to the way the story is set up.

Structure

Setting

Characters

Distractions

8. True or False: Clues are things people say or do or objects that are found.

True

False

9. Suspects who may have caused the problem that is being solved.

Characters

Setting

Mystery

Distraction

10. Which of the following are examples of characters in a mystery.

Investigators

Suspects

Witnesses

All of the above

11. Most mysteries have a structure like this: Introduction, Body, Conclusion. What information is in the introduction?

Someone is working to solve the mystery

We learn about the problem and meet the characters

The mystery is solved

12. What do we learn in the conclusion?

We learn about the problem and meet the characters

The mystery is solved

Someone is working to solve the mystery

13. What do we learn in the body?

Someone is working to solve the mystery

We meet the characters and learn about the problem

The mystery is solved

14. The story of the mystery.

Setting

Plot

Character

Structure

15. True or False: Suspense means that the reader does not know the solution while he or she is teading the mystery.

True

False

16. True or False: When writing a mystery, we should let the reader know the solution of the mystery in the first paragraph.

True

False

Mystery Elements

1. Hints that help the detectives and reader solve the mystery.

2.

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2. True or False: In a mystery there is usually a problem or puzzle to be solved, something missing, a secret, or an event that is not explained.

3. The location where the mystery takes place.

4. True or False: Distractions make it easier for the investigator to solve the mystery.

5. Things that lead the an investigator off the path, including clues that do not add up.

6. Most mystery plots use.....

7. This refers to the way the story is set up.

8. True or False: Clues are things people say or do or objects that are found.

9. Suspects who may have caused the problem that is being solved.

10. Which of the following are examples of characters in a mystery.

11. Most mysteries have a structure like this: Introduction, Body, Conclusion. What information is in the introduction?

12. What do we learn in the conclusion?

13. What do we learn in the body?

14. The story of the mystery.

15. True or False: Suspense means that the reader does not know the solution while he or she is teading the mystery.

16. True or False: When writing a mystery, we should let the reader know the solution of the mystery in the first paragraph.