Narrative Synthesis
CASE FILE: #992-B // THE MISSING DIAMOND
Putting the Pieces Together
In real life, information doesn't always come in one neat paragraph. You might receive a text message, read an official document, and see a photograph all in the same day.
Narrative Synthesis is the skill of taking these different, disconnected pieces of information and combining them to understand the full story. Detectives do this every day when they build an evidence board. They look for contradictions—places where one piece of evidence proves another piece is a lie.
Go to the next tab to learn your detective vocabulary, then examine the Evidence Board in the Practice tab to solve the crime!
Crime Words 🚨
Investigation 🔍
Finding Truth ⚖️
Analyze the 4 clues below to find the truth.
INCIDENT: Grand Theft
ITEM: The "Blue Star" Diamond
TIME OF CRIME:
Between 10:00 PM and 10:30 PM on Friday Night.
NOTES:
The vault was opened with a keypad code. No forced entry.
"I didn't do it! I was at the Cinema watching a movie from 8:00 PM until 11:00 PM."
8:30 PM
CLOSED (Power Outage)
📝 Deduction Phase
Real World Tasks
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