Structural Features
The name of the individual squares that consist of an image and/or text.
Panel
Used to show loud sounds, electronic sounds, or screaming
Jagged bubbles
The word used to describe the location including time and place.
Setting
This graphic novel tells the story of a son learning about his parents' persecution during the Holocaust.
This country is credited with popularizing graphic novels in the form of manga, which encompasses a wide range of genres and readership.
Japan
The name of the spaces between the framed panels.
Gutters
Used to show someone's thoughts, dreams, or imagination.
Cloud bubbles
Onomatopoeia
This graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang tells three seemingly unrelated stories that come together in an unexpected twist.
American Born Chinese
This graphic novel by Frank Miller, depicting the Battle of Thermopylae was adapted into a wildly popular 2006 film.
300
The name of the borders that go around the panels.
Frames
Used to depict a cold or hostile tone.
Icicle bubbles
Facial expression, gaze, gesture, and posture are all considered this.
Body language
This graphic novel is based on a play in which three witches tell a Scottish general that he will be king of Scotland.
Macbeth
A Contract with God by Will Eisner is often credited as the first graphic novel. The book was published on this date (197_).
1978
The name of the rectangular boxes at the top of the bottom of a panel that includes the narrators dialogue.
Narration box
Used to convey different moods or emotions.
Colored bubbles.
Symbolism is common in graphic novels. An author might use the image of a diamond ring to symbolize this.
Marriage, engagement, love, wealth, or luxury
This graphic novel depicts the childhood and early adult years of a girl growing up in Iran and Austria during and after the Islamic Revolution.
Persepolis
This is the term used to describe the combination of text and illustrations in a sequential format.
Sequential Art
The name of an extra wide panel that stretches the whole width of the page.
Splash
Name all four of the types of speech bubbles.
Jagged, cloud, icicle, colored
The name of the teardrops, sweat drops, question marks, or motion lines that convey a characters' emotions or movement.
Emanata
This graphic novel follows the title character who is an anarchist in a dystopian UK, who is orchestrating a series of terrorist attacks to take down the government.
V for Vendetta
This is the difference between a graphic novel and a comic book in terms of publishing format.
A graphic novel is a standalone, book-length story, whereas comic books are shorter and serialized.