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Mystery Categories
Mystery Categories Vocabulary for 7th Grade English BBMS
Question | Answer |
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the classic detective story, in which the author poses a problem and sets up a fair game of wits between the detective character and the reader. | Puzzle Mystery |
emphasizes character analysis and character interplay concerning a crime, usually murder. | Straight Mystery |
concerned with answering the questions of What will happen next? Or How can they get out of this? Pursuit sub-types include the “spy” or “man-on-the-run” mysteries. | Pursuit Mystery |
a story whose plot involves the solution of a crime, with a surprise ending. It usually includes a detective, but there is less emphasis on deduction than on the emotions and reaction of the characters. | The Whodunit Mystery |
a story in which there seems to be no apparent way a crime could have been committed—a supposedly impossible situation. | The "Locked Room" Mystery |
includes mysteries whose solutions can be explained through supernatural rather than natural causes. | The Literature of the Unexplained |
an adventure story of a vigorous super-hero, generally a private detective. The detective is usually tough and disillusioned. | The Hard-Boiled Mystery |