Persepolis/Graphic Novel Conventions
Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's childhood during this historical event.
What is the Iranian Revolution?
The repetition of the same starting sound in a series of subsequent words which can make a poem lyrical or create an emotional effect.
What is alliteration?
In "The Yellow Wallpaper," one of these central ideas or messages the writer is trying to communicate is the notion that women yearn for their own independence.
What is a theme?
where the figure in the image is looking.
What is gaze?
Listen here! This is a type of direct address, this is a command statement, telling the listener to do or believe something.
What is imperative language?
The lines and borders that contain the panels.
What is the frame?
A description of how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, or sounds. Imagery may use literal or figurative language to appeal to the senses.
What is imagery?
Examples of this from "A Thousand Years of Good Prayer" include China, Mr. Shi's daughter's apartment, and the park bench where he speaks with Madame.
What is setting?
It is the part of an image or scene that draws the viewer's attention, usually by using contrast or positioning.
What is focal point?
a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
What is an anecdote?
A term that describes the way some images draw the eye more than others, creating a definite focus using color and shading in various ways. In Persepolis, Satrapi used this technique through her use of dark-toned images or high-contrast images.
What is graphic weight?
A mixture of sounds unpleasant to the human ear; it is often used to set up a harsh and tense atmosphere within the poem
What is cacophony?
In "The Yellow Wallpaper," the wallpaper serves as a material object representing something abstract, which is also called this.
What is a symbol?
It refers to the design and arrangement of text, including font, size, and spacing.
What is typography?
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning (such as sarcasm).
What is irony?
These boxes within a frame contain a variety of text elements, such as scenesetting or description. In Persepolis, Satrapi uses these boxes as a way to narrate her story.
What are captions?
The feeling experienced by the audience as a result of the text’s tone, setting, figurative language, etc.
What is mood?
In "One Thousand Years of Good Prayer," Mr. Shi's daughter's rebellion against his traditional beliefs about women is an example of this type of "character vs. ___" conflict.
What is Character vs Society?
It is the attribution of human characteristics or emotions to non-human entities, such as animals or objects.
What is anthropomorphism?
A type of language which uses words such as 'we', 'our', 'us' to build solidarity or sense of responsibility.
What is inclusive language?
Unrealistic pictorial elements emanating from a character, symbolizing something about that character, such as a sweatdrop for anxiety or a question mark for confusion, or emanating from an object, such as heat rays from the sun.
What is emanata?
This is used when the speaker of a poem addresses either an absent person or a non-human object, idea, or being--whatever they are speaking to isn't given the opportunity to speak back.
What is apostrophe?
In "The Voice from the Wall" barriers of all kinds such as doors, walls, and language are this type of device which repeats itself throughout the text.
What is a motif?
The part of the rhetorical triangle which colour psychology is using to influence an audience
What is pathos?
Not a metaphor, this is logical comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things. Often, this uses something simple and familiar to explain something unfamiliar or complex.
What is an analogy?