Vocabulary Words

By: Melanie Briggs, Michelle Daffern, Penny

Trevathon, & Jake Wellington

Vocabulary words

Antagonist
Protagonist
Epilogue
Lore
Time
Environment
Interview
Plot
Alibi
Evidence

Inference
Investigator
Mystery
Sleuth
Suspect
Victim
Witness
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile

Antagonist
Someone who offers opposition

Protagonist
The principal character in a work of fiction.

epilogue
A short speech by an actor at the end of a play.

Lore
Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.

Time
The continuum of experience in which events pass to
the past.

Environment
The totality of surrounding conditions.

interview
The questioning of a person; often conducted by
journalists.

plot
Refers to the sequence of events inside a story
which affect other events through the principle of
cause and effect

Alibi
Proof that someone accused of a crime could not have
done it

evidence
Your basis for belief or disbelief

Inference
Drawing a conclusion on the basis of circumstantial
evidence

investigator
Someone who inquires carefully

mystery
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be
explained

Sleuth
A detective who follows a trail

suspect
A person though to be guilty of a crime or offense.
Regard as untrustworthy

Victim
An unfortunate person who suffers from adverse
circumstances

Witness
Someone who sees an event and reports what happened

imagery
The ability to form mental pictures of things or
events.

Metaphor
A figure of speech that suggest a non-literal
similarity.

Simile
A figure of speech expressing a resemblance between
things

The westing game is

a book involving a
_______.

The _______ had

an _____ for the
time of the crime.

References
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/40039#view=notes
http://www.wolfescience.com/byojeopardy/play.php?id=67472