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Graphic Novel Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What represents the speech of a character? | Speech Bubbles |
| What represents the thoughts of a character? | Thought Bubbles |
| What contains the information about a scene or a character and are generally used to establish the time and place of the story? | Caption |
| What are the squares and rectangles that contain text and illustrations from a single scene? | Panels |
| What are visual sound clues such as "zonk" or "whoosh"? | Sound Effects |
| What is the name for the written directions for how the comic book will be put together; the dialogue for the comic? | Script |
| What is the name of the panel that usually takes up the whole page, used to help introduce stories or give special attentions to battles or particular events? | Splash Page |
| What is the name of the format that uses sequential art to tell a story? | Graphic Novel |