Structural features
A box or area that contains the images and the written language.
What is a PANEL?
Style of lettering
What is FONT?
Perth, Western Australia
Can be for both kids and adults
Lionel Messi
Which legendary forward officially announced his retirement from international football today after a historic 21-year career with the Argentina national team?
The space between panels on a page.
What is a GUTTER?
A delineated area that contains the characters' dialogue
What is a SPEECH BUBBLE / BALLOON?
Malaysia
Where did Tan's father emigrate from?
Steele Sidebottom
Who has recently retired from the Collingwood Magpies?
A critical global shipping choke point recently saw a severe escalation of naval conflicts and airstrikes between U.S. and Iranian forces.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
A full-page illustration
What is a SPLASH?
A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
Hybrid graphic novel / picture book form
James Gatz
What is Gatsby's actual name?
South Asian nation that has been devastated by catastrophic flash floods triggered by a glacier collapse, resulting in hundreds of casualties and thousands missing
What is Nepal?
An image that spreads more than one page.
What is a SPREAD?
Small visual marks or icons like motion lines, sweat drops, or floating hearts that show emotion or movement.
What is EMANATA?
Fine arts and English Literature
What did Tan study at University?
Henry Lawson
Who authored The Drover's Wife?
A word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same backward as forward
What is PALINDROME?
An image that stretches right to the edge of the page, bypassing the normal panel border. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
What is a BLEED?
Separate box that describes the scene, provides insight into the characters or contains additional information to enhance readers' understanding of the story.
What is CAPTION or NARRATIVE BOX?
The migrant experience, identity, isolation and belonging.
What are some of the themes Tan explores in his work?
1966
Last time St Kilda won a premiership
Fourth letter of the Greek Alphabet
What is DELTA?