IB - analysing cartoons

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

analysing cartoons

analysing
cartoons

Important

- recogising techniques that have been used to create meaning

- naming the correct terminology

- analysing the effect of the technique on the reader 

A different name for the frames that the images in a comic strip are divided into

1. gutter
2. panel
3. speech bubble
4. emanata

All panels placed in a single row on a page.

1. punch line
2. label
3. layer
4. tier

the frame surrounding a panel

1. edge
2. shell
3. mount
4. border

the space between panels

1. trench
2. gutter
3. border
4. framework

The text a character says in displayed in a ...

1. speech bubble
2. thought bubble
3. voice-over
4. subtitles

any drawing that depicts motion, emotion or sound within a drawing

1. onomatopoeia
2. emanata
3. delineation

words written across a person or object to indicate what they represent

1. label
2. instructions
3. symbol
4. tag

words spoken by the narrator, displayed at the top or bottom of a panel

1. thought bubble
2. voice-over
3. story board

a particular part of the panel which has an absence of text and drawings

1. blank space
2. empty space
3. negative space
4. meaningless space

objects depicted in a panel that actually represent a larger concept or idea

1. token
2. motif
3. mark
4. symbol

a single panel filling an entire page

1. splash panel
2. climax panel
3. top panel
4. impact panel