Mystery Genre

Question 1

What is mystery genre?

Answer 1

-a type of fiction where you have a detective or professional who solves a crime

Question 2

How is it written?

Answer 2

Novel or short story

Question 3

Other names:

Answer 3

Detective novel
Crime novel
Mystery novel

Question 4

Purpose?

Answer 4

Solve a puzzle and create feeling of resolution

Question 5

What’s a red herring?

Answer 5

Smoke screen, wild goose chase also called fallacy

Question 6

Fallacy?

Answer 6

Mistaken belief especially one based on an unsound judgement

Question 7

When did mystery become popular in Britain?

Answer 7

1920s- “golden age of Mystery”

Question 8

Who’s the queen of the Golden age mystery?

Answer 8

Agatha Christie

Question 9

What was Agatha Christies pseudonym?

Answer 9

Mary Westmacott - only for romance novels

Question 10

What are the types of mystery novels?

Answer 10

1. Cozy style
2. Locked room
3. Hard boiled

Question 11

Cozy Style Mystery?

Answer 11

Most popular
1920s British
-small village and upper class hero, many red herrings and weapons are wealthy like imported poisons

Question 12

Locked room?

Answer 12

Murder victim found in locked/sealed room

Question 13

Hard boiled?

Answer 13

Popular in 1920s

Tuff guys living by strict codes of honor

Question 14

Foreshadowing?

Answer 14

When an author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in story

Question 15

What are the 2 kinds of sources?

Answer 15

Primary and secondary

Question 16

Primary sources?

Answer 16

Original sources of information recorded at the time the event occurred

• first hand accounts of the event
• data collected for scientific studies
• historical documents