What is Checkov's gun theory

Where props take on a significant role within the narrative

Book that has a mystery that is not solved until the end.

Deductive reasoning is?

taking info from observations to make a choice based on info

Person you think might have done the crime

What is a red herring?

A clue that is intended to be misleading.

to claim to be somewhere else when a crime occurs

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What is Checkov's gun theory
Where props take on a significant role within the narrative
Where props are considered not important
A sound technique
Another term for dialogue
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What is Mystery????
Book that has a mystery that is not solved until the end.
Book that has a questionable plot.
A book about where something is.
A book about who did what.
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Deductive reasoning is?
taking info from observations to make a choice based on info
making decisions after observing comething
the influence which type of reasoning we decide to use
assigning meaning to our thoughts
4
What is a sleuth?®
Another word for an alibi
Another word for a criminal
Another word for a detective
Another word for a witness
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Hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature.
Foreshadowing
Fiction
Omniscient Narrator
Non-Fiction
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What is a suspect?
Person you think might have done the crime
A victim
Person solving the crime
Person making fake clues
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Which mystery author wrote Murder On the Orient Express?
Dorothy L. Slayers
Charlotte Armstrong
Agatha Chritstie
Gillian Flynn
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What is a red herring?
Evidence only revealed to the audience.
A clue discovered by a minor character.
A piece of evidence that proves to be an important clue.
A clue that is intended to be misleading.
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turning point, or crisis in a piece of literature
comedy
climax
consonance
canon
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Which novel sounds like it would be a mystery novel?
Murder on the Orient Express
Ender's Game
The Princess Bride
The Princess and The Goblin
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The mystery genre contains specific elements like...
magic, fairies, dragons
historical figures, events and dates
crime, witnesses, suspects
time travel, robotics, and medical anomalies
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Most famous character in the world of mystery...
Sherlock Holmes
Edgar Allan Poe
Agatha Christie
Nancy Drew
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Most mystery plots use
comedy
suspense
readers
irony
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Alibi
to claim to be somewhere else when a crime occurs
a silly excuse
to be held in contempt
the venue of a trial
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Motive
A car's part
A saying for a company
A suffix used in many words
A reason for doing something

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