Mystery Genre Writing Genre of writing which includes characters attempting to identify the unknown What is the unknown A crime murder kidnapping an attack theft An action the identification of a long lost relative locating lost treasure ID: 306928
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Solving the Mystery
Genre WritingSlide2
Genre of writing which includes characters attempting to identify the unknown.
What is the unknown?
A crime: murder, kidnapping, an attack, theftAn action: the identification of a long lost relative, locating lost treasure
What is a Mystery?Slide3
1. The Crime/The Action
- this is the center of the
mystery - the crime needs to be interesting, grab our attention, and effect all characters
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2. Narrator
- not a suspect (someone who may have committed the crime
) - Sherman Holmes, Sherlock Holmes
- The narrator walks us through the story. We see the action through his eyes
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3. The Suspects
- two or more people - all are interesting - all are suspicious - all have
motives
-
a reason to commit the crime/do the action
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4. The Location
- the location matters - location influences the story - helps create mood
- great for including details which make your reader think
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4. Dialogue
- your narrator needs to speak with each
suspect - Dialogue is a great place for motive to be present
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5. The Red Herring
- “A clue or suspect that is intended to be misleading or distracting” - it makes you think you know the answer to the mystery
- by including great details in your writing, red herrings become more effective.
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6. The Answer
- the answer should make the reader groan
. - The answer is usually hinted at with clues in your writing.
- When you’re finished reading, you should
say
, “UGH I
should
have KNOWN that
!”
- it
needs
to make sense. If you throw out an answer that was never hinted at, your
readers
will hate you and your mystery is
terrible.
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