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| (v.) to put or keep in force; cause to be carried out; compel obedience to |
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| (v.) to echo, re-echo or resound; to be reflected in many directions, as sound waves in a confined space |
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| (v.) to take part in; to perform an activity |
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| (adj.) indicating or showing a lack of belief; skeptical |
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| (n.) a reckless adventure or wild prank |
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| (n.) an amusement; a distraction from work or tedium |
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| (n.) dislike or disinclination |
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| (adj.) easily annoyed or upset |
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| (n.) very great pain, grief, or distress |
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| (adj.) torn away or removed from your home, country, or native land; displaced |
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| (adj.) strange or unusual; often coming from a foreign country |
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| (n.) person from another country |
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| (n.) feeling of being thankful because someone has done something for you; thankfulness |
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| (n.) your original or native land |
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| (adj.) handed down from one generation to the next; made or done according to long and accepted practice |
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| (n.) exchange of letters or messages |
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| (v.) to have a commanding influence on; to exercise control over |
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| (v.) to occur at or during the same time |
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| (v.) to plan or invent by careful thought |
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| (adj.) being willing to accept or understand something one does not like or agree with |
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| (v.) to get something back; regain possession of |
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| (adj.) giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will soon happen; wicked or criminal |
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| (v.) to make a disorganized or untidy search for something |
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| (v.) to establish the truth or correctness of something |
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| (adj.) pitifully sad, lonely, abandoned |
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| (n.) a firm decision to do or not to do something |
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| (n.) truth, truthfulness, verity; conformity to facts, accuracy |
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| (n.) a completely puzzled or confused condition; great confusion |
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| (n.) child whose parents are deceased |
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| (v.) to struggle or deal with a challenging situation successfully |
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| (adj.) not influenced by personal thoughts or feelings |
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| (adj.) having or showing an ability to do and say the right things; skilled at dealing with people or handling difficult situations |
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| (adj.) mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous |
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| (n.) the emotional identification with the thoughts, feelings, or experiences of another person. actually experiencing another's feelings |
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| (v.) to apply, give, to contribute assistance or aid |
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| (v.) to assert the contrary or opposite of, deny |
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(n.) strong dislike, scorn
(v.) to express strong dislike or scorn |
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| (adj.) spending more than is wise; lavish; wasteful |
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| (n.) a sudden and widespread disaster; a significant misfortune |
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| (adv.) done on purpose, after thought and with intention |
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| (v.) to utter and pronounce words clearly |
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| (adj.) necessary to life; essential, critical, important |
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| (adj.) required, mandatory, not optional |
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WRITER
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| (n.) writes and develops the story so that the artists can render it into visuals for the reader |
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ARTIST
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| (n.) a general term for any number of individuals who interpret the writer's story into visuals |
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PENCILER
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| (n.) does the initial work of laying out the pages of the story in pencil |
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| (n.) uses black ink to render the pencils into fuller, rounder tones; adds depth and shadow to the images |
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COLORIST
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| (n.) adds color to the inked panels |
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LETTERER
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| (n.) places the word balloons and captions into the panels |
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| (n.) has overall mangement control of product from continuity errors to personnel issues |
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PANELS
[image]
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| (n.) the box or window which contains each set of images |
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PANEL FRAMES
[image]
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| (n.) the borders or edges of the panel; usually form a grid across the page but can be any shape |
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BLEED
[image]
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| (n.) printing term referring to allowing the image and ink to extend to the edge of the page (no panel frames) |
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SPLASH PAGE
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| (n.) a full-page drawing, not contained within panels; usually reserved for the cover |
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SPEECH BALLOON or BUBBLE
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| (n.) a graphic device used to indicate a specific character's dialogue; internal dialogue is expressed using "thought balloons" |
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CAPTIONS
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| (n.) narrative device used to communicate information that cannot be communicated by art of speech |
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MOTION LINES
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| (n.) also known as 'speed lines', are used to represent motion or speed |
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GUTTER
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| (n.) the space between panel frames |
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SYMBOLIA
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| (n.) iconic representations used as symbols to express a situation that couldn't be expressed in art of speech, e.g. sleeping, snoring, having an idea |
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KIRBY DOTS
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| (n.) the graphic effect created by Jack Kirby, groups of dots representing energy |
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SOUND EFFECTS
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| (n.) graphics to represent sounds; usually drawn without balloons, in bold or 3-D type |
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| (V.) to crouch, as in fear or shame |
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(adv.) vast, huge, very great
e.g. immensely wealthy |
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| (n.) a manner of stepping, walking, or running |
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| (adj.) boldly courageous, brave, stout-hearted |
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| (n.) the act of consoling, giving comfort or solace; the state of being consoled |
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| (n.) a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed; often extending across the front and sides of a house |
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| (n.) an artificial channel for conducting water |
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| (n.) a cottage of one storey; in India, a one-storied thatched and tiled house, usually surrounded by a veranda |
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| (v.) to soil by dragging over damp ground or mud |
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| (n.) the craft or occupation of a mason; work constructed by a mason, especially stonework |
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(n. german)
the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time.
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| (n.) a dead body, corpse; usually used in medical or scientific contexts |
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| (v.) to scatter in various directions; disperse, fade away |
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| (n.) a three-dimension image created and projected by lasers |
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| (n.) a statement that appears to be contradictory; a person who exhibits contradictory traits |
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| (n.) a small, light, usually round pastry biscuit |
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