Assertion: red herring | /r/HasProperty | innocent character
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text: a red herring = (a) an unimportant or irrelevant point brought into a discussion to distract attention from the important matter or main issue (b) (in mystery stories) an innocent character (a person) on whom the suspicion is directed to confuse the readers or the other characters in the story until the real culprit is brought into the light in the climax 2.