Murder Mystery Styles
There are two main styles of murder mysteries:
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Murder Mystery Characteristics
O There is a _____________ and some __________________ has been committed
O There is a _________________ of some sort to solve
O There are _________________
O Someone ______________________________
O There is a __________________________ or ___________________________to the mystery
O ___________________ has been ________________________ and ____________________
has been _________________
The Classic English Murder Mystery
O a ______________________________________: isolated house, island or train
O a ____________________
O ______________ circle of suspects
O an ______________________________________________ with extraordinary powers of
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O every suspect had the ____________________, __________________________, and
____________________________ to commit the crime
O ______________ accumulate, often _________________________ through the narrator
American Detective Murder Mysteries
O a tough American ________________________
O lower ____________
O the classic setting is a ___________________ and _________________________ city
O the suspect could be ______________________ at all
O no orderly or ________________________________________ of events
O there is movement from _________________________________________ from scene to scene
O the detective is hard, shifty and can _______________________________________________
in any situation
Murder Mystery Vocabulary
Foreshadowing:
Pathetic Fallacy:
Red Herring: