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The document provides vocabulary definitions related to crime and literature, including terms like arson, robbery, and fraud. It also outlines key elements for writing crime fiction, such as character selection and making the criminal convincing. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of engaging the reader in the narrative.

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The document provides vocabulary definitions related to crime and literature, including terms like arson, robbery, and fraud. It also outlines key elements for writing crime fiction, such as character selection and making the criminal convincing. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of engaging the reader in the narrative.

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Fast Track CAE 3

20/04/2022

Vocabulary:
Arson: illegal use of fire to destroy a building or property
Criminal damage: damage to property
Counterfeit: fake/ imitation
Robbery: take something illegally, example money, a car etc.
Burglary: to enter a building illegally in order to steal things.
Domestic violence: physical/emotional violence to a family member. In most cases this
is towards women or children.
Mugging: attacking someone, usually in the street and taking something from them
illegally.
Fraud: cheating/ deceiving
Genre: a style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics.
Example: Crime Fiction, Fantasy etc.
Bountiful: abundant, large in amount
Subjective: influenced by or based on personal beliefs or feelings, then based on facts.
Libel: a piece of writing that contains bad and false things about a person.
Scrutiny: the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information
about it.
Thumped: to hit someone and cause a noise
Dispatching: to kill someone.
Disguised: having an appearance that hides the true form.
Stabbing: an occasion when someone stabs someone, usually with a knife.
Enhance: to improve the quality, amount or strength of something.
Mutter: to speak quietly and in a low voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are
worried or complaining about something.
Folly: the fact of being stupid, or a stupid action, idea ect.
Vengeful: expressing a strong wish to punish someone who has harmed you or your
family or friends.
Up to scratch: reaching an acceptable standard.
- The manager rejected my proposal because I hadn’t done a thorough
investigation and the information was not up to scratch.
- My classmate failed because his presentation wasn’t up to scratch.
Enthuse: to express excitement about something or great interest it it.

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a) The key elements of crime fiction
b) Choosing you main characters
c) Choosing your crime
d) Making your criminal convincing
e) Engaging the reader

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