Graphic Novel Vocabulary

draws the comic based off of the script

• writer

• penciler

• emanata

• bleed

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

edge or outline of the comic page

• gutters

• panel

• bleed

• border

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

squares or rectangles that contain a single scene

• border

• panels

• frame

• gutters

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

has the overall vision of how the story will go and character dialogue

• caption

• penciler

• writer

• graphic weight

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

contain information about a scene or character

• captions

• thought ballooons

• dialogue word balloons

• frame

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

lines or boxes around a panel(s)

• frame

• sound effect

• captions

• border

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

contain characters' verbal communication between each other

• captions

• thought balloons

• dialogue word balloon

• emanata

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

images that run outside the border of the panel

• gutters

• frame

• penciler

• bleed

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

words that show sound is happening

• dialogue word balloons

• sound effect

• captions

• thought balloons

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

contains what a character is thinking

• captions

• dialogue word balloons

• thought balloons

• caption

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C