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mystery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accomplice | a helper or partner in a criminal act |
| alibi | an excuse (truth or lie) regarding where a person was during a crime |
| alias | an alternate identity |
| avarice | greed |
| deduction | a process of thinking, figuring out a puzzle by pulling the pieces apart and reassembling them |
| eccentric | odd, quirky, out of the norm... |
| gaunt | sunken faced |
| motive | a reason for an act |
| pseudonym | a fake name used by a writer for various reasons |
| scrutinize | to study carefully |
| sleuth | a detective |
| swanky | old rich, like antiques |
| irony | the unexpective |
| verbal irony | sarcasm |
| situational irony | when the reader is lead up to believe something and the opposite occurs |
| dramatic irony | when the reader know something the character in the story doesn't |
| foreshadowing | a literary device used to give the reader hints to an upcoming, significant event |
| red herrings | misleading clues planted by the author in a plot to throw the reader off track |
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