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Mystery Unit Intro

Mystery Unit Intro. What is the mystery genre?. Also known as crime fiction Centered around trying to solve a strange or unknown situation Most often a theft, a disappearance, or a murder Questions what it is to be human and raises issues of personal identity

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Mystery Unit Intro

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  1. Mystery Unit Intro

  2. What is the mystery genre? • Also known as crime fiction • Centered around trying to solve a strange or unknown situation • Most often a theft, a disappearance, or a murder • Questions what it is to be human and raises issues of personal identity • Reflects cultural and social values of when it was written • Often reflects society’s greatest fears • Focus on logic and power of human intellect

  3. When and how did mystery begin? • Edgar Allen Poe • “Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841) • Focus on individual detective named C. AugusteDupin (became series) • “Armchair detective” • Great intelligence & skills of observation • Mistrust of police and certain aspects of society • Highly analytical

  4. The Characters • The Suspect: a person thought to be guilty of a crime • The Victim: someone who is harmed or suffers loss • The Witness: someone who saw or who can offer a firsthand account of an event • The Detective/Sleuth: person brought in to solve the mystery/crime • Sidekick: Assists the detective, offers comic relief

  5. Important Vocabulary Alibi: excuse that accused person uses to show that he/she was somewhere else than scene of crime Clue: fact or object that helps solve mysteries Deduce: to infer/come to a conclusion based on reason Evidence: an object or witness statement used as proof Intuition/Hunch: a guess or feeling not based on facts Motive: a logical reason to have committed the crime Red Herring: false clue; details meant to lead the reader in the wrong direction

  6. Choose the word you know LEAST from the previous slide, and map it! (5 min.)

  7. Conventions & Tropes • Reader involved in solving of the mystery • SUSPENSE! The reader is kept uncertain and “in the dark” until the end • Several tempting possibilities introduced before mystery solved • Must go through the same thought process as the detective • Solution is uncanny/unexpected (not presented as a possibility until the very end) • This is part of the appeal! It feels like a riddle or game!

  8. What do you notice? Stop & Jot! • Clue Observations: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDDdeHtrxfA • Sherlocke Holmes Observations: • http://movieclips.com/wvWh8-sherlock-holmes-movie-a-matter-of-professional-integrity/

  9. Recipe • Create the recipe for the perfect mystery story. Include the vocabulary and elements we discussed today. • Ingredients • gram, kilogram, ounce, pound • teaspoon, tablespoon, cup • milliliter, liter • pinch, dash, handful, • Steps • add, incorporate, sprinkle, pour • blend, whip, mix, stir • melt, knead, roll, pound • bake, roast, fry, sautee, sear,

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