Across
- 3. squares or rectangles that contain text and illustrations from a single scene
- 4. page a full page drawing/a panel that is larger than others/when the action leaves the frames of a panel
- 9. The portrayal of people/key things in the panel. Faces to show emotions, hands and feet positioned to express what is happening in the story.
- 10. The space between borders. Invokes sense of closure.
- 11. contain information about a scene or a character and are generally used to establish the time and place of the story
- 12. effects Visual sound clues and onomatopoeia (musical notes, light bulbs, storm clouds)
Down
- 1. The border or edges of a panel
- 2. the deliberate timing of events within a graphic novel and consideration of how far to jump between panels/where/how to leave off each page – self- contained? Suspense?
- 5. bubbles balloons that represent the speech of a character
- 6. lines also know as ‘speed-lines’ – lines that are used to indicate motion. Line length varies proportionately to the speed at which the object is moving.
- 7. weight A term that describes the way some images draw the eye more than others – creating a definite focus through the use of colour and shading.
- 8. bubbles balloons that represent the thoughts of a character
- 9. The image closest to the viewer. What jumps out at you on the page.