This task is about understanding the visual language features used in a cartoon strip.
Look at the comic strip on pages 2-3 of School Journal, Part 4, No. 1, 1997, and answer the questions.
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Look closely at Frame A.
List two techniques used here which are often found in comic strips.
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What effect is achieved by the unusual angle the people are viewed from in Frame B?
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In Frame C, what is the boy's reaction to the man?
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How is his reaction shown in Frame C?
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In Frame C, what is the boy's reaction to the man?
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In Frame D, both characters are making gestures with their hands. What do these gestures mean?
Boy: ______________________________ Man: ______________________________
- In Frame E, give two techniques that are used to show that the words in the "speech bubble" are thoughts and not words spoken aloud.
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