minute mystery sequence mr. glen dawursk, jr

Minute Mystery SequenceMinute Mystery Sequence

Mr. Glen Dawursk, Jr.www.mrdclassroom.com

Assignment

Two Minute Mystery Descriptive EssayFor our mystery unit, you are required to

write a “2 Minute Mystery” following the format of those we have read and analyzed in class.

Mystery Assignment

Use the title “The Case of ……” Include clues and dialogue between characters. Use plenty of descriptive words. Be sure that it can be easily read in two minutes.

This means that is should be no longer than one page TYPED (word-processed), about 500 words.

The mystery plot should end with the detective (you) making an accusation followed by a question to the reader.

After the question, put the solution to the mystery at the bottom of the paper under the heading:

“The Solution”

Mystery Assignment Hand-in

YOU MUST DO YOU MUST DO BOTHBOTH to receive credit to receive credit for the assignment!for the assignment!Double-space type your mystery and

print a copy to hand-in on the due date,

andand e-mail it to [email protected] your document file name as follows:

“period number – your last name.doc” Example: 1-dawursk.doc

Mystery: Plot

2-Minute PlotThe sequence of actionThe events which tell what

happens in your mystery.Whatever the characters do

or didYour mystery should answer

who, what, where, when and why.

Mystery: Structure

2-Minute Structure The framework that

determines how a story is put together; its “skeleton.”

The structure of a “two-minute mystery” like many short stories includes five basic elements.

Mystery: Plot Elements

The five main elements of any Mystery plot are:Exposition (introduction)

Inciting Moment (Initial Complication)

Rising action (mini-complications)

Climax (crisis)

Denouement (resolution)

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Mystery: Plot Diagram

A visual A visual representation representation of the Mystery of the Mystery plotplot

EXPOSITIONEXPOSITIONINCITINGINCITINGMOMENTMOMENT

RISINGRISINGACTIONACTION

CLIMAXCLIMAX

DENOUEMENTDENOUEMENT


EXPOSITIONEXPOSITION



INCITING MOMENTINCITING MOMENT

CLIMAXCLIMAX

Mystery: Exposition

Exposition is your IntroductionUsually one very descriptive sentence

which simply tells when and/or where

Example: “It was a dark, rainy night in a town that never sleeps, when suddenly…”

Mystery: Setting

SettingEnvironment in which the story takes place.

Most of the setting will be given after the crime scene has been introduced.

Location; place Date; time Specific situation Historical context






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Mystery: Inciting Moment

Inciting Moment The start of the conflict

and usually the beginning of rising action

Conflict is the actual crime!

The Conflict

There is only ONE conflict in a two-minute mystery; something illegal has just happened or was just discovered.

Examples: I received a call from Margret Smith; there had been a

murder outside her East condo. I heard a knock at my door; it was Officer Jones informing

me that the First Bank on Wells Street had just been robbed.

The detective received an urgent text stating that he was needed at Schmitty’s Bar on Edge Street as there was a dead body found in the dumpster.






CLIMAXCLIMAX

Mystery: Exposition

Additional exposition is given AFTER the inciting moment in a minute mystery.

Location; place Date; time Specific situation Historical context

Details are essential.

Mystery: Characters

CharactersThe individuals in the story.This includes the

victim, witnesses, and the accused.

This will be the bulk of your mystery: 3/5th of story.

Use dialog to give character attitude, misleading evidence and other clues.

Mystery: Protagonist

ProtagonistThe main or central

character in the story…is the detective, possibly “you” representing the victim.

Mystery: Antagonist

AntagonistThe adversary of the

protagonistThe individual(s) who

did the crime being investigated

Mystery: Rising Action

Rising ActionThe part of the story usually

after the inciting moment where we are given the bulk of the clues, character descriptions, crime scene information and additional information.






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Mystery: Climax

ClimaxWhere the detective says

“You did it” and then the narration is followed with a question to the reader.

Question example: Who did it and why?






CLIMAXCLIMAX

Mystery: Denouement

Denouement French for “the

tying of ends.” Also called the resolution

to the story. Comes after the climax to

bring aspects of the plot to a close.

Give the SOLUTION to the mystery


A visual A visual representation representation of the Mystery of the Mystery plotplot

EXPOSITIONEXPOSITIONINCITINGINCITINGMOMENTMOMENT


CLIMAXCLIMAX


Two-Minute MysteryTwo-Minute Mystery

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