Sunday, April 11, 2010

Elements of a Mystery

There is always a detective or inspector in a mystery story.
A detective is the person who solves the crime.
Detectives use evidence or clues to solve the crime.


A clue is something that leads you to solving the mystery.
It is different than evidence because evidence is something you can see,
and a clues is something that you have to think about to put together.


There is always a criminal in a mystery story.
The criminal or villain in a mystery story
is the person who commits the crime, usually for money.

There is always a crime in a mystery story.
A crime is a problem that needs to be solved.
Most crimes are illegal or against the laws.

There is always evidence that is at the crime scene.
The evidence leads you closer to solving the crime and is different than a clue.

An investigation is where the detective investigates the crime scene.
The detective might find clues or evidence at the crime scene.

6 comments:

Elise said...

You did good on this Maria.
I really liked your explanations because they gave off a lot of information even though you wrote in minimum 2 sentences.

keep up the good workkk. :))

Yuuki Sugiyama said...

Nice graphics!
Those pictures obviously showes the meaning for those elements of mysteries. Also good explanation!
Good job!

William Ciputra said...

Nice pics. Like the crime one. Good explanation but isn't a crime an illegal act. Anyway great job.

Jane Lee said...

Awesome job on the clue picture. I like it!

Jane Lee said...

Awesome job on the clue picture. I like it!

AmaliaB said...

I really like your crime picture. I also like your descriptions