Graphic Novel Terminology

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Across
  1. 2. A single drawing on the page; a distinct segment of the comic.
  2. 7. Transitions like a flip book, transitions from one second to the next.
  3. 9. Refer to the process of closure. Refers to what happens between the slides.
  4. 12. Weight A term that describes the way some images draw the eye more than others, creating a definite focus using color and shading in various ways.
  5. 14. The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison.
  6. 17. When an image isn't contained within a panel, but extends to and/or beyond the edge of a page.
  7. 18. The panel closest to the viewer.
  8. 20. The lines and borders that contain a panel.
Down
  1. 1. Provides additional, sub-textual information for the reader.
  2. 3. An account that tells the particulars of an act or event.
  3. 4. The space between framed panels where your imagination comes alive.
  4. 5. The author's view on life and how people behave.
  5. 6. Allows centering of image by using natural resting place for vision.
  6. 8. This transition is used to slow time. It is like a wandering eye or panorama.
  7. 10. Effects Lettering this is a method of drawing attention to a text.
  8. 11. These are boxes containing a variety of text elements.
  9. 13. A visual representation produced on a surface.
  10. 15. A panel that takes up more space on a page than the other panels.
  11. 16. Balloons These enclose dialogue and come from a specific speaker's mouth.
  12. 19. Any lines that "emanate" from a person or thing to show what's going on.