Graphic Novel Vocabulary

A sequence of ____________ of any shape and size.

• caption boxes

• characters

• panels

• speech bubbles

Which is a thought bubble?

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Which is a speech bubble?

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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.

An image that either extends to the edge of the page or an element that goes beyond the frame of the panel

• gutter

• frame

• bleed

• midground

A ________________ contains additional information about a scene or character.

• setting

• caption

• speech balloon

• thought bubble

What part of the page is marked in pink?

• Panels

• Captions

• Gutters

• Dialogue Balloons

What is graphic weight?

• The heaviness/intensity of a line or block of shading for focus. The darker/thicker the weight the more important the scene or element.

• The use of prior knowledge to “fill in the gutters” and innately create narrative sequencing in a series of panels.

• The panel or part of a panel that is closest to the viewer.

• Information bubbles or boxes that are generally separate from the rest of the panel or page. Often used to create a voice-over technique to the action in front of us. They are also spaces for soliloquies, personal thoughts, and, occasionally, dialogue.

What is this image an example of?

• Close Up

• Captions

• Graphic Weight

• Foreground

The lines around this characters head are called...

• Emanata

• Bleed

• Panels

• Thought bubbles