Graphic Novels

What is a graphic novel?

• LONG comic book

• Book with a few more pictures than other books

Graphic Novels

• can only be fiction (not true stories)

• can only be non fiction (real stories)

• can be more than one book in a series

• all 3 of these are true

How do you read Graphic Novels?

• bottom to top

• left page to right page (unless anime)

Parts of a Graphic Novel

gutters

• big blocks on the page with pictures and words

• box with words that tell about a character or background information

• space between the panels

Parts of a Graphic Novel

panels

• big blocks with pictures and words

• box with words that tell about character or background information

• space between the panels

Tags

CCSS.SL.6.2

Parts of Graphic Novels

Boxes

• space between the panels

• big block with pictures and words

• box with words that tell about character or background information

Parts of a Graphic Novel

Sound Effects

• usually bigger words, sometimes colored

• dotted lines around a thought bubble

• looks like a cloud

Tags

CCSS.SL.6.2

Parts of a Graphic Novel

Thought Cloud

• bigger and sometimes colored

• dotted lines around a thought bubble

• looks like a cloud

Parts of a Graphic Novel

Whispered thought

• sometimes larger and sometimes in color

• dotted line

• looks like a cloud

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.SL.6.2

Parts of a Graphic Novel

Dialogue

• talk between characters shown with more than one thought bubble

• tail of the thought bubble is directed at the person saying the words

• letters are bolder or bigger