Mystery Vocabulary Words Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 12 clues. Answers range from 4 to 13 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
A guess or feeling not based on facts
A discovery that helps solve the crime
A fact or object that gives information towards solving the crime
An excuse that an accused person uses to show that he or she was not at the scene of the crime
An investigator looking for and gathering clues
A thing or statement that helps to prove who committed the crime
A reason that a person does something - can include anger, hatred, love, or greed
Person who has a motive to have committed a crime
Person who has knowledge about a crime
False or misleading clues that lead a detective or reader off tract or making it more difficult to solve the mystery
Shows us the major event (murder, robbery, etc.) that has happened first and then we watch as the protagonist(s) solves the mystery of who did it, why they did it, and how they did it.
Shows us the major event LAST, and before that we are watching how that event unfolds with twists, turns, and surprises, which keep us in suspense (a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen).
