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GRAPHIC Science

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* Graphic novels are longer and

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more durable formats than familiar
comics.
*You can find many graphic novels
in bookstores; rather then comic 5 FACTS
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stores. The earliest use of the term Science
Fiction, according to the Oxford English
* Graphic novels promote literacy
Dictionary, was in 1851 when it was
through motivation and meaning. applied to poetry or fiction interweaving a
*Struggling readers can be very story with scientific fact.
The earliest use of “science fiction” for
intrigued by graphic novels because
futuristic writing was in 1927…
it allows them to understand words and the abbreviation “sci-fi” was
through the pictures. introduced in 1954, by analogy with “hi-fi”.
*Graphic novels continue to The annual awards at the World Science
Fiction Convention are called the “Hugos”
overcome prejudices. after Hugo Gernsback, founder of
Amazing Stories in 1926.
According to Vladimir Nabokov,
Shakespeare’s The Tempest was science
fiction.
doodle MANGA chicklit
FICTION
chicklit
Chick Lit's protagonists tended to be "single, white,
heterosexual, British and American women in their
late twenties and early thirties, living in
metropolitan areas".
The term has been expanded to include female
stories in historical fiction, otherwise known as
"chick lit in corsets."In addition, "chick lit jr." is
chick lit for younger readers, combining elements
of the genre with coming-of-age tales.
The somewhat strict genre rules of chick lit make it
difficult for these authors to branch into different
genres, although chick lit can tie into historical
The word doodle first appeared in the early 17th fiction. Some female authors take steps to avoid
century to mean a fool or simpleton,It may derive having their work labeled as chick lit.

from the German Dudeltopf or Dudeldop. All manga is drawn by Chick lit typically features a female protagonist
whose womanhood is heavily thematized in the
It is the origin of the early eighteenth century verb to hand. plot.
doodle, meaning "to swindle or to make a fool of".
In Japan more paper The genre, Chick Lit became popular in the late
1990s, with chick lit titles topping bestseller lists
The modern meaning emerged in the 1930s either
from this meaning or from the verb "to dawdle", are used to print and the creation of imprints devoted entirely to
chick lit.
which since the seventeenth century has had the manga than toilet
meaning of wasting time or being lazy. paper.
According to a study published in the scientific
Each resident of
journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, doodling can
aid a person's memory by expending just enough Japan spends around
energy to keep one from daydreaming. $30 for manga each
The main character explains the concept of year.
"doodling" to a judge unfamiliar with the word,
saying that "People draw the most idiotic pictures
Naruto is considered
when they're thinking." one of the most
powerful properties in
the world of manga.
In Japan, people of all
ages read manga
contrary to comics
which are more or less
restricted to kids.

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