Calvin and Hobbes and Comics Terms

When was Calvin and Hobbes published in newspapers?

• 1975-1985

• 1985-1995

• 1995-2005

• 2005-2015

Hobbes is personified to everyone, including Calvin's parents.

• True

• False

Size, shape, color, and punctuation show emotion in what?

• Gutters

• Balloons

• Encapsulation

• Symbols

Which of the following is a type of balloons?

• dialogue

• directness

• degree

• double

Which of the following is a type of balloons?

• tough

• thorough

• through

• thought

Comics should be read ____

• Left to right, then top to bottom

• Top to bottom, then left to right

Which is a common type of sound effect?

• onomatopoeia

• oxygen

• olfactory imagery

• old-fashioned words

Encapsulation is....

• the blank space between panels

• the words that contain info about a scene or character

• display of what a character is speaking or thinking

• choice of important scenes to display in each panel

You can tell the difference between a thought balloon and a dialogue balloon because...

• Thought balloons are red and dialogue balloons are blue.

• Thought balloons belong to protagonists and dialogue balloons to antagonists.

• Thought balloons shrink over time but dialogue balloons never get smaller and wrinkled

• Thought balloons are separated from a character with a series of separate circles and dialogue balloons connect to the speaker with a cone

Most of the comics from the Calvin and Hobbes selections read in class were set in what season?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter