Cartoons
An individual frame in a comic strip
panel
direct address
a grammatical structure that expresses a command or request (ex: "Just do it.")
imperative
A technique where features of a person are exaggerated
caricature
using 3 parallel clauses, phrases, etc., in quick succession
tricolon
language that sounds informal and conversational
colloquial language
When a cartoon only uses hues of one color (ex: shades of grey)
monochrome
A picture of a symbol representing something larger (ex: a picture of a heart to represent health)
icon
mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt
euphemism
The parts of the comic/cartoon that don't contain anything
negative space
language that expresses certainty, confidence, and a strong sense of obligation
high modality
Asking a question, and then answering it.
Hypophora
Images/lines that appear in an cartoon, but are not literally there (ex: heat lines radiating from a character)
emanata
when an object or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it (ex: "crown" to represent the monarchy)
metonymy
When a figure in a drawing/photo is looking outside the world of the drawing/photo
extradiegetic gaze