1. Learning Objectives To understand the basic rules of crime fiction.

2. What do these have to do with crime fiction?

3. What should a good crime story have?
Who should you in a crime story?
What should happen?
Where should it be set?
How much action should there be?
What do you need?

4. Does this look like a crime fiction novel? What makes you think this?

5. Tagline – Mentions murder
Title – Mentions death
Picture – See someone being attacked

6. Does this look like a crime fiction novel? What makes you think this?

7. Picture - Shows a detective
Title - Mentions Sherlock Holmes who we know is a detective.
Title – Mentions death

8. Finally . . . Do you understand the basic rules of crime fiction?
Do you understand why these rules are included?
What do you think is the most important rule?