Elements of a Mystery

Time for another totally EASY in-class ASSIGNMENT. You’ll be expected hand this in TODAY. I’ll give you all the info you need, but it’s really up to you to write it down and make sense of it.

I want you to do TWO things:

  1. Tell me what are the main elements/common aspects of a mystery story? (Hint: There are SIX main elements that we’ll talk about/look at.)
  2. Take TWO mysteries and pick out those elements

ElementsofaMystery (.pdf)

ElementsofaMystery (Word)

First, some background on our most famous mystery solver:

Next, here’s a video with LOTS of examples of mysteries that you may have seen on TV or in the movies. It also explains a lot about types of mysteries and how they’re made mysterious. Admittedly, there’s a lot of information given out rather quickly, but I think it’s interesting enough to look at:

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ThenOne1

ThenOne2

SomethingFishy1

SomethingFishy2

Many mini-mysteries

 

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