Detective story elements
When writing a story remember to take these elements into account to make your story more interesting!
Vocabulary
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Amateur Detective Mystery
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A detective who becomes involved in a plot by accident.
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Clues
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Guide to the solving of a mystery or problem.
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Cozy
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Warm and comfortable; snug.
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Danger
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Chance of harm; nearness to harm; risk; peril.
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Detective
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A member of a police force or other person whose work is finding information by investigation, to discover who committed a crime.
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Hardboiled Detective Mystery
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A Mystery that has a lot of nonstop thrilling action.
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Mood
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State of mind or feeling
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Motive
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Thought or feeling that makes one act; moving consideration or reason; incentive
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Police Procedural
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A kind of mystery which includes a lot of police department rules,like making sure the accused has been given all of his or her rights.
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Puzzle
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A hard problem.
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Red Herring
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Clues that lead the mystery reader the wrong way when trying to solve a mystery.
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Riddle
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A puzzling question statement or problem.
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Secret
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Kept from the knowledge of others
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Setting
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Place or time
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Suspects
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The people who could be the enemy or criminals in doing a crime.
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