Horror Terms
The emotion horror typically tries to cause in a reader or viewer
What is fear?
The white space between panels
What is a gutter?
The person who came up with behaviorist theory, which is used in schools
Who is Skinner?
The main character who does track
Who is Tony?
Crawling low to the ground
What is eerie?
A frame with an image and, usually, some text
What is a panel?
Who is Pavlov?
The main character who is sick
Who is Eli?
Intending to do bad things/evil
What is malevolent?
The vocabulary term for building tension
What is suspense?
A row of panels, or a single row with a long panel
What is a tier?
The person who came up with the theory of defense mechanisms
Who is Freud
Who is Biff?
A large, usually stone/concrete, building that holds tombs
What is a mausoleum?
The word for what "horror" "action" and "adventure" are all called
What is genre?
Two pages with a lot of panels and images in a graphic novel
What is a spread?
A common defense mechanism where a person refuses to admit something
What is denial?
The supporting character who tries to help Tony be less stuck in gender roles
Who is Marcia?
The act of analyzing the psychological state of a person
What is psychoanalysis?
When a horror story helps a viewer/reader to feel separate from their own life
What is unrealism?
Words or phrases that imply a specific sound that an object or person makes
What is onomatopoeia?
A defense mechanism where someone projects their feelings onto an object
What is displacement?
A character who Tony misses but does not show up in the book
Who is Tony's mom?
What is gaunt?