Graphic Novel Vocabulary

what is a panel?

• a. window sill
• b. exterior of window
• c. a visual boundary that gives a story
• a visual boundary that tells a piece of the story

What is a gutter?

• a. the space between the panels. As the reader moves from one panel to another, and they will know what is going to happen
• b. a graphic design that goes from left to right
• c. no ones knows for sure what is in the story.
• d. panels are what is on the walls of a building up of a story.

Word Balloon is a

• type of marker you use to write on birthday wishes for balloons.
• Enclosed texts that divides artwork from printed text
• What you see written in balloons in graphic novels that may not be true.
• there is no set time that is enclosed in word balloons because thought processes are only spoken.

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books written and illustrated in the style of a comic book

• dialogue

• graphic novel

• comics

How do you read the panels of a graphic novel?

• Start at the top of the page, move left to right, then move down, and repeat.

• Start with the biggest panel then move to the next panel that catches the readers eye.

• Start from the bottom and move to the top.

• Start from the right hand corner and move to the left.

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Which is a thought bubble?

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What is a frame?

• The order of elements on the page.

• The border that surrounds and contains the text.

• The heaviness/intensity of a line or block of shading for focus.

• The location of the text.

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Which is a speech bubble?

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What is the definition of a panel that bleeds?

• The blank space between panels.

• The center of a panel – how an author uses this space helps to create tone and mood.

• The border that surrounds and contains the text.

• When an image goes past the border of the page.

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A ________________ contains additional information about a scene or character.

• setting

• caption

• speech balloon

• thought bubble

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