Graphic Novel Terms
What is the term for a when an image goes beyond the borders of a page?
What is a bleed?
What animals did John love and care for on his farm?
What are chickens?
What was the first major protest that John participated in?
What are lunch counter sit ins?
What GENRE (type of book) is March?
What is a graphic novel?
Where is the FIRST setting of March?
What is the Edmond Pettus Bridge?
What is the term for a cloud-like shape that includes a character's internal thoughts?
What is a thought bubble?
On his trip to Buffalo, what are TWO new experiences John has?
Possible answers:
1. Riding an escalator
2. Buying chicken at a store and eating it
3. Buying candy from a candy counter
4. Seeing black and white people live next to each other
Why did John want to go to Troy State?
What is to desegregate Troy State and force them to allow students of all races?
What are TWO ways that the reader knows the setting/time has changed in the book?
1. Bleeds
2. Captions
3. Speech bubbles instead of narration
4. Older characters / new characters
5. Single images like the bus moving forward
Where is John going on January 20th, 2009?
What is Barack Obama's inauguration?
What is the term for how a page of a graphic novel is set up?
What is a layout?
John having baptisms and funerals for his chickens shows that he is...?
What is caring / religious / kindhearted etc?
At their nonviolence trainings, why did the students physically hurt each other and call each other terrible things?
What is practicing their reactions and practicing how to follow the rules of nonviolence (not fighting back, showing love to the attacker). They are preparing for what's to come.
Who are the people that most influenced John when he was learning about nonviolence?
Who is MLK Jr. and Jim Lawson?
Whose murder shocked America and inspired many people to join the Civil Rights Movement?
Who is Emmett Till?
Why would a close up be used in a graphic novel?
What is to really show how a character is feeling or to create a mood?
Where was John's favorite place at school as a kid?
What is the library?
Why did John and other protesters want to be arrested?
What is wanting to show how ridiculous the laws are and to prove how serious they are about their work?
What is never giving up / working with others / continuing even when the fight is difficult?
What are the TWO events John shows the boys pictures of at the beginning of the book?
What are meeting President Kennedy and the March on Washington?
Why is the graphic novel format the BEST way for John Lewis to tell this story?
Possible answers:
1. It is easier to understand and visualize
2. It is more memorable for the readers - this is important history so it needs to be memorable
3. It shows what it was truly like - doesn't cover up anything hard or difficult
What is school/education?
Why is a boycott a successful nonviolent protest?
What is the connection between John's experience in the Civil Rights Movement (past sections of the book) and the day of Barack Obama's inauguration (present sections of the book)?
What is Brown v. The Board of Education?