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Elements of a Comic

1. 102 - Elements of a Comic Storytelling Tools Presented by

2. What do you notice about this comic? Minds On

3. Today we are learning to... Success Criteria: I can label the storytelling tools used in a comic I can apply my storytelling knowledge to complete the missing comic book elements . I can use these tools to make my own comic Learning Objective: To understand the storytelling tools used in a comic.

4. The first element we are learning about is a caption.

5. See those boxes down there? They’re captions. You’ll usually find them at the top or bottom of the panel. A caption gives readers extra information about what’s happening in the picture, like where the characters are, the time of day, or even what a character is thinking. CAPTION One Saturday afternoon... Somewhere over the Atlantic... Meanwhile...

6. You guessed it… speech bubbles. What are these?

7. A speech bubble is a shape containing a character’s spoken words. SPEECH BUBBLE See this round looking shape above my head? Yup, that one. That’s a speech bubble. Writers put the words a character is saying into these shapes. The pointed tail at the bottom points to who’s speaking.

8. I feel like someone is reading my thoughts.

9. A thought bubble is a shape containing a character’s unspoken words to themselves. It looks a lot like a cloud. THOUGHT BUBBLE Cartoonists put words into these cloud-looking shapes when they want to show a character’s thoughts - those tiny bubbles at the bottom point to the thinker.

10. This is a SHOUT bubble!

11. A shout bubble is a shape containing a character’s loud, yelled words. SHOUT BUBBLE Cartoonists put text into these shapes, usually a starburst, to give a loud voice to their characters. Did I get my point across? Sorry for shouting!!

12. This is a whisper bubble.

13. A whisper bubble is a shape containing a character’s soft-spoken, hushed words. WHISPER BUBBLE Shhh… cartoonists put text into these shapes, usually a rounded shape with a dashed line, to give a quiet voice to their characters.

14. What are these?

15. Onomatopoeia is a word representation of a noise; because comics are all about pictures It really make the word... ONOMATOPOEIA Cartoonists love using attention- grabbing word graphics to add action and atmosphere to their panels.

16. Storytelling Tools Caption Speech bubble Thought bubble Whisper bubble Shout bubble Onomatopoeia INQUIRY TIME! Grab a comic or your the sheet provided and see if you can find the storytelling parts. I wrote a list here to help you. Inquiry

17. You can use a newspaper comic or this Pixton Comic Worksheet !

18. Caption Speech bubble Thought bubble Onomatopoeia Shout bubble Whisper bubble Answers

19. Using Pixton, create a comic about something SURPRISING that has happened to you. Use at least 3 storytelling tools in your comic. ACTION It’s your turn! Caption Speech bubble Thought bubble Whisper bubble Shout bubble Onomatopoeia Activity

20. I wonder if anyone has one they want to share?