Features of Mystery:

Introduction:

1- Hook sentence to grab attention

2- Unusual setting or suspenful setting

Build up:

3- Build-up with clues

4- Dilema: The problem or crisis
5- Direct speech through a dialogue. Ex of a dialogue: “I’m so hungry,” said tom.
6- Flashbacks are key to a mystery story
7- Flashbacks are used when discussing evidence, witness, victims, or suspects.
8- The good characters that are always in a mystery are: Detectives, police, FBI Agent, and
forensic scientist.
9- The bad characters that are always in a mystery: Murderer, kidnapper, thief, serial killer, and
cult.
10- Victims are: dead bodies, person that got stolen from by a thief, kidnapped person, and
family and friends
11- Suspects are: the killer, the thief, the kidnapper, and the accused until proven innocent
12- Found suspects are going to be tried, they are either guilty or innocent.
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