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ATTWN-James FIle
And Then Their Were None Flash Cards
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Literature
8th Grade
12/18/2009

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Mystery
Definition
Fiction dealing with solution of a crime of the unraveling secrets.
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Symbol
Definition
Object,characters, figures used to represent something else.
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Modis Operandi
Definition
Method of operation.
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Suspense
Definition
Makes the reader wonder what is to come.
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Fact
Definition
Something that actually exits,
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Circumstantial Evidence
Definition
Evidence that proves other events that infer evidence.
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Mood
Definition
Feeling feeling from what's around you.
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Justice
Definition
Principle of rightness.
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Accessory
Definition
Someone who helps in a crime.
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Lead
Definition
A clue that gides one to an answer.
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Perpetrator
Definition
One who is Guilty
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Motif
Definition
Reecuring structures, contacts, or litterary devices that enform major themes.
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Suspect
Definition
To believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
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Detective
Definition
An investigator, usually solves the crime.
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Alibi
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The defense by and accused person of being elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
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Confession
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The addmitting of a crime.
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Clues
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Something that serves as a guide or direct of a solution of a problem.
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Foreshadowing
Definition
To show a thaught of what is to come in the near future.
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Witness
Definition
One Who gives firsthand account of something seen, heard, or experienced.
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Red Herring
Definition
A diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue.
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Emily Brent
Definition
Killed Beatrice Taylor
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General McArthur
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Killed Aurthor Richmond
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Dr.Armstrong
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Killed Louisa Mary Cless
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Anthony Marston
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Killed John and Lucy Combes
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Mr.Blore
Definition
Lied in court to get a promotion and by doing so sending James Landor to his death in prison.
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Mr. and Mrs. Rogers
Definition
Refused to give Jenifer Brady her medicine and by not doing so killed her.
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Justice Wargrave
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Sent Edward Seton to his death.
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Vera Claythorn
Definition
Killed Cyril Hamilton.
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Philip Lombard
Definition
Killed 21 men of an East African Tribe to save himself
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