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What is a mystery?
A secret, a riddle, a puzzle
Essential ingredients are an element of crime mixed with an element of detection
You have to find out the secret, and solve the riddle or puzzle to find the
criminal/enemy or answer and
crack the case Slide3
Key Elements in Mysteries
Introduction of the characters
Presentation of the mysterious or criminal situation/setting
Suspects, motives, clues
are
given
Addition of the
subplots/distractions/”red herrings”
The
denoument
or discovery of the
killer/culprit/answerSlide4Slide5
Cozy Mystery
LittlSlide6Slide7Slide8Slide9
Quick Check #1
On your note page in the corresponding section, answer the following:
What is a Private Eye?
How many synonyms can you name for Private Eye?Slide10Slide11
Over the years, the types of detectives have grown. There are bumbling detectives and doctor detectives. They
are young and old, male
and female, students and professionals
.
Likewise, the types of mysteries have also
expanded to include forensic
mysteries, supernatural,
espionage, legal, romantic
and even culinary.Slide12
Vocabulary
Alibi – the excuse an accused person uses to show he or she was not at the scene of the crime
Breakthrough – an advance or discovery that helps solve the crime
Clue – an object or piece of information that helps solve the mystery
Deduce – to use logical reasoning and thinking to infer information
Evidence – a thing or statement that helps to prove who committed the crime
Hunch – a guess or feeling not based on facts
Interrogate – to ask questions or seek information from people
Lead – information or clues concerning the case
Motive – an inner drive that causes a person to do something or act in a certain waySlide13
Vocabulary
Perpetrator – someone who is guilty of committing a crime
Sleuth – an investigator; another name for a detective
Suspect – a person who has a motive to have committed the crime
Suspense – a feeling of tense excitement about something unknown
Witness – someone who saw something related to a crimeSlide14
The Red Herring
A red herring is a false clue or lead
. The phrase means “camouflage” and
comes from the process of curing a herring (type of fish). When herring is
salted and smoked slowly over a wood fire, it turns a dark
reddish brown color and gains a strong flavor
and scent. The smell is so strong that it
overwhelms other scents. According to some
old tales, red herrings were pulled across the
trail of people trying to escape in an effort to
confuse the pursuing hounds and throw them off
the trail. Sometimes writers of detective fiction
deliberately “fake-out” readers by planting
misleading clues known as red herrings.Slide15
Sometimes sleuths need help!
Some sleuths receive assistance from sidekicks who
are either paid helpers or friends who help. These
sidekicks serve as “sounding boards” for the sleuth
to explain how certain bits of detection
are done. If the sleuth is not, in some
way, connected to law enforcement,
one of these characters usually is.
The sidekick is sometimes a pet or
an animal. Slide16
Quick Check #2
On a separate piece of paper, list as many sleuths who have sidekicks you can think of. Slide17
Scooby Doo, where are you?
Sometimes sleuths work in pairs or in groups.
For example, Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock
Holmes has a partner in Dr. Watson. Similarly,
the Scooby Doo gang has five very different
personalities to solve mysteries. As in
Murder She
Purred
, the Scooby Doo gang of detectives has a
personified
animal in their midst. Scooby, the dog,
is the sidekick who aids in the solving of the
mysteries for “the gang”.Slide18
Sleuths and sidekicks
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Nick and Nora Charles
Frank and Joe Hardy
Hercule
Poirot
and Arthur Hastings
Nancy, Bess and George
Scooby Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang
Shawn and Gus
Monk and Natalie
TeagerSlide19
Three Rules of Crime Solving
Motive – the prime suspect must have had
a reason to commit the crime
Means – the prime suspect must have had
a way to commit the crime
Opportunity – the prime suspect must have
had a chance to commit the
crimeSlide20
Happy mystery solving!