Graphic Novel Terms for Christman's class

panel/frame

• an outward limit to the story

• a distinct segment of the comic

• to create a sense of guilt

• a series of expert individuals

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

gutter

• to place outside of the frame

• A place for rejected panels

• The space between panels

• A negative response to a story

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

splash

• a page taken up almost entirely by one image

• an error that bleeds outside a panel

• The use of special color

• sound of water

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

foreground

• the average page length

• the first image in a graphic novel

• the opening description of the setting

• the part of view nearest to the observer

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

tier

• Lagging content on a page

• A response to sadness

• a level horizontally on the page

• a single panel

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Text that is not being directly spoken by a character is used

• Mime

• Narrator

• Floating Text

• Thought Bubble

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Emanta

• Reversals

• Lines that come out of a character and express emotion

• Symbols that express philosophical beliefs

• Animal characteristics of a person in the story

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This technique takes the form of big block letters in the graphic that signify the sounds one hears in the scene.

• Onomatopoeia

• Staggered lines

• Italics

• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

 The specific text underneath a panel or other image that denotes what that image specifically is or signifies

• Bubble

• Emanta

• Captions

• Translation

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

One of the three spaces in a graphic image.  This is the part of the view furthest from the viewer, often making up the backdrop or setting.  Sometimes action happens here that is distant from the eye.

• pacing

• text

• background

• captions

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5