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Yakitty -Yak. Basic Rules-of-Thumb for writing dialogue in a graphic novel . Yakitty -yak. Please turn to page 91 of your SB manual. Number in your spirals 1 – 5.
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Yakitty-Yak Basic Rules-of-Thumb for writing dialogue in a graphic novel
Yakitty-yak • Please turn to page 91 of your SB manual. • Number in your spirals 1 – 5. • Analyze the Persepolis graphic novel for the use of dialogue and with your group members please write down any “dialogue rules” that you notice.
Yakitty-yak 1. There are no quotation marks around the dialogue 2. The dialogue balloons connect to or near the character’s body to indicate who is speaking
Yakitty-yak • Dialogue balloons are read from left to right and also from top to bottom (this pattern makes clear the order of speakers) • To distinguish narration from dialogue, narration is located along the top of a panel, NOT in a balloon.