Mystery Genre

Mystery Vocabulary quiz http://school.discovery.com/quizzes32/sarahsusan/MysteryVocabulary.html

MYSTERY HUNT
You be the sleuth. Read the clues and click on the Question Mark links (only if you must) to help you solve the riddle at the end.

1. The most important thing in a mystery is to

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• Read one of these stories
  • QuickSolve or Solve-It
  • Who do you think the culprit is??___________________
    Are you right? ______________
    

2. I write the story to try to mislead you, but sometimes I don't succeed. I am the

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3. I am used to help people solve a crime.

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4. Everyone has this, it's with you wherever you go. You can't wash it off, but when you touch something, there it will stay.

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5. You can learn so much from these things long and short. They come in different subjects.

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6. This is a puzzle that can be solved, if you have the right information.

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7.The Master of Mystery himself .

Mr. ____ ____ ____ (last letter)

8. If you are a detective, you may have me. I am shiny and help you along the way.

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9. In order to solve a mystery, detectives have to find something that is this ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (1st letter)

10. You cannot do this when you are being questioned in court.

____ ____ ____ (1st letter) (The answer is in the first sentence)

11. Latest movie with Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara

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Put the numbers of each of the clues above in this order and see what you come up with!
11 1 3' 2 7
8
5 3 4 7 2
5 10 7 3 6 9!!!!

• Solve-It - a one page mystery to read and solve
• QuickSolve - a mystery to solve
• Mysteries online Scavenger hunt
• Mystery books for Children - list of books and series
• Mysteries - Carol Hurst list of books
• Writing a mystery? - lesson plans and student samples

from Learning with Mysteries