Graphic Novel Vocabulary

This image best exemplifies...

• Emanata 
• Bleed
• Panels
• Captions

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The red lines in this image best exemplify...

• Border

• Thought Bubble

• Emanata

• Caption

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The space between panels is called...

• Speech balloon
• Gutter
• Caption
• Frame

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Contains a character's thoughts

• Speech balloon
• Sound effect
• Caption
• Thought bubble

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Visual sound cues, such as Bam! or Pow!

• Speech balloon

• Caption

• Onomatopoeia

• Gutter

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Contains information about a scene or character

• Frame
• Caption
• Speech balloon
• Thought balloon

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Contains communication among characters

• Panel
• Frame
• Speech balloon
• Thought balloon

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The lines and borders that contain/surround the panel

• Gutter
• Panel
• Frame 
• Caption

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

All graphic novels are about superheroes.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Where is the gutter?

• A nice place to hang out
• Where the water runs off the street
• In the blank space between panels
• Where your mind usually is

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5