Gallery of Calvin and Hobbs Comics

The individual frame of the comic that shows a single moment.

• panel

• encapsulation

• speech balloon

• inference

The choice of scenes to display in each panel. The layout of the scene.

• panel

• encapsulation

• speech balloon

• inference

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The characters' spoken words, usually in a oval or circular shape.

• panel

• encapsulation

• speech balloon

• inference

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Guesses a reader makes based on evidence in a text and their own personal knowledge.

• panel

• encapsulation

• speech balloon

• inference

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What does a cloudy or dotted border around a speech balloon mean?

• The characters are whispering to each other.

• The characters are yelling at each other.

• It shows the character's thoughts.

• It shows the author's emotions.

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Hobbs is a...

• stuffed toy tiger

• a real tiger

• a stuffed toy monkey

• a stuffed toy cheetah

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In Cartoon 1: What does the last panel make you infer about Calvin's imagination?

• It is very powerful because he scared himself so much, he and Hobbs stayed up all night.

• It is very weak because he can't tell the difference between imagination and real life.

• It is normal. All kids and grown ups stay up all night when someone mentions ghosts.

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In the last panel of Cartoon 2 why is Calvin's speech balloon spikey, the letters bold and all capitalized, and end in an exclamation point?

• It expresses Calvin's annoyed/frustrated emotions at Hobbs' questions.

• It expressess Calvin's strong agreement with Hobbs.

• It is the way Calvin's speech balloons always look.

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Every panel in a comic strip MUST have DIALOGUE.

• true

• false

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Which is the only Comic Strip that had one panel which encapsulates the whole story in one scene?

• Cartoon 1: Ghosts

• Cartoon 2: Do You Like Her?

• Cartoon 3: Snowman X-ing