Graphic Novel Terminology Test

The lines and borders that contain the panels.

• Frames

• Gutters

• Captions

• Open blank

An image that extends beyond the edge of the frame or the page

• Foreground

• Splash Panel

• Bleed

• Graphic Weight

Which character has the most graphic weight here?

• Athena

• Hermes

• Zeus

• Hera

These are gaps between pictures that indicate time and that allow for your imagination to add details.

• Bleeds

• Frames

• Thought bubbles

• Gutters

What visual device is used to show internal thoughts?

• Speech balloon

• Monologue

• Thought balloon

• icons

What do we call the written section?

• Speech bubble

• Thought bubble

• Captions

• Special Effects Lettering

The progression of movement from panel one to panel two is:

• Sequential Art

• Emananta

• Internal Monologue

• Splash Panel

This device helps to highlight Odysseus's anger.

• Emanata

• Body Language

• Foreground

• Graphic Weight

A single drawing on the page; a distinct segment of the comic, containing a combination of image and text in endless variety.

• Panel

• Frame

• Bleed

• Graphic Weight

When Athena appears to stop the violence, she takes up the entire page. This is called:

• Splash page

• Panel

• Graphic Weight

• Spread