Graphic Novel Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. a series of frames that fills the whole width of a comic-book page
  2. 5. the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place
  3. 8. A frame or box that contains once sequence or segment of action
  4. 9. indicates that this panel is exceptionally important, perhaps a que to foreshadowing
  5. 13. A novel in comicbook strip format
  6. 15. the middle of the panel/center stage
  7. 17. Very small and far away, implies that the subject is powerless
  8. 19. allows wordsn to be understood as representing a character's speech or thoughts
  9. 20. The blank space between panels
Down
  1. 1. the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual
  2. 2. the element in the short story that "drives" the action
  3. 4. To connect the dots in a story to provide a singular answer
  4. 6. the lines that border the panel
  5. 7. The part of the panel that is all the way in the back
  6. 10. basically the head to knees, natural shot with no dramatic element
  7. 11. the part of the panel that is closest to the viewer
  8. 12. the sequence of events inside a story which affect other events through the principle of cause and effect
  9. 14. To be given many different ideas and come up with many answers
  10. 16. implys that the picture is emotionally unstable, or emotionless
  11. 18. An image that extends to and/or beyond the edge of the page