American Born Chinese: Vocabulary

The impudence of the students who kept talking while the teacher was talking was frustrating for the students who knew how to behave.

• disrespect or disregard for authority

• the box a picture is in

• supreme power or leader

In the second panel, Jin Wang looks like he is smiling about the story his mother just told him.

• white spaces between the panels

• a box with a picture in it in a graphic novel

• ancient times

When we want to ask for donuts on Fridays, we will send a student emissary to the office to talk to the principal.

• to gather together

• cloud shaped bubble with a character's thoughts in it

• a negotiator, ambassador, or representative

That legend was told from antiquity until today.

• yesterday

• ancient times

• a deep sincere apology

Spanish 4 has three prerequisite courses: Spanish 1, 2, and 3.

• something that is required before something else

• a square box the narrator's words are in

• intense passion

Sometimes when the gutter is angled across the page in a graphic novel, the illustrator wants us to know that something unusual is happening.

• the white space between the panels

• supreme power or leader

• symbolizes that the words are in English, but are being spoken in Chinese

After she got caught, she expressed her repentance to the person from whom she stole the diamonds.

• intense passion

• highest point of success or top of a mountain

• a deep, sincere apology

Inside the thought bubble, we could see that he was frustrated with the barber who cut his hair too short.

• certainty or absolute belief

• a cloud shaped bubble that contains a character's thoughts

• a square box the narrator speaks in

Whenever Jin Wang's mother speaks, her words are inside translation marks.

• a circle bubble with the words the character's are saying

• supreme power

• < > the words are in English, but the character is speaking a different language

My fervent dislike for lima beans means that I will never purchase them or eat them as an adult.

• intense passion

• supreme ruler

• gather together