WorksheetsGraphic Novel Terms and Concepts
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is a panel?
An individual frame or single drawing depicting a frozen moment.
a small group of people brought together to discuss, investigate, or decide on a particular matter.
a flat or curved component, typically rectangular, that forms or is set into the surface of a door, wall, or ceiling.
A large drawing the covers most of the page.
The lines and borders that contain the panels are known as...
Gutter
Background
Graphic Weight
Frame
The Gutter is-
a shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.
The trench on either side of a bowling lane that must be avoided for a ball to knock down any pins.
The space between framed panels.
An image that extends to and/or beyond the edge of the page.
What is the purpose of the midground and the background?
Placing an image off-center or near the top or bottom can be used to create visual tension. These objects provide story support and establish mood.
These panels help to create focus for the reader as they are closest to the viewer.
The panels in the midground and background are made to distract readers from the central focus of the panel.
These panels describe the way some images draw the eye more than others, creating a definite focus using color and shading in various ways.
What is the impact of faces that are "open blank"
They emphasize the lack of emotion within different characters.
They are representative of iconic and familiar people or ideas.
They allow the readers to interpret how the characters are feeling based on context.
They depict actual portraits of people.
Why are hands and feet important in graphic novels?
Animated characters are usually drawn with only 4 fingers and toes.
They can be used to help express what is happening in the story and help portray the mood.
Hands are a symbol of hard work and freedom while feet are a symbol of journeys and movement.
Hands and feet are a part of the background and are meant to be out of focus for readers.
These are boxes containing a variety of text elements, including scene setting, description, background, etc.
Transitions
Shading and coloring
Special effects
Captions
These enclose dialogue and come from a specific speaker’s mouth; they vary in size, shape, and layout and can alternate to depict a conversation; can represent external dialogue or internal dialogue, which is a thought
Speech Bubbles
Captions
Transitions
Foreground
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.
Why are some speech bubbles different shapes?
To make the story more interesting for the reader.
To emphasize and support the mood and tone of the story.
To illustrate that some characters are more important than others.
Graphic novels require the use of different shapes and colors.
