Graphic Novel Terminology

What is the difference between a graphic novel and a comic?

• Graphic novels are longer (a book).

• Graphic novels are serious.

• Comics are always funny.

• Nothing, they are the same.

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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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What is a panel?

• The border that surrounds and contains the text.

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

• The box or border that contains the image and text.

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

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What is the gutter?

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

• The box around the images.

• When a draft isn't used because it has errors.

• The space between the panels.

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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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Which is a thought balloon/bubble?

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Which is a speech bubble?

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The colours in a graphic novel are used to show ______________.

• emotions and mood

• personality and character

• time and place

• setting and action

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What is the part of the image closest to the viewer?

• background

• foreground

• salience

• close-up

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A ________________ contains additional information about a scene or character.

• setting

• caption/narrative box

• speech balloon

• thought bubble

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