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    Who wants to live forever?Who wants to live forever?
    I’m so embarrassed!
    I’m never going out again.
    Nothing happened
    to her! Unbelievable!
    Oh, no!!! The fire
    left scars!
    Wow! The scar on my hand
    has gone! Every good thing I
    do erases a scar.
    You saved me!
    Thank you!
    …But every bad action leaves a mark.
    If I’m never going to get older or die,
    I can do whatever I want!
    by Jessica Cruz
    Marion’s Marks
    Marion was a teenager when she
    discovered that nothing could hurt her.
    One day, in 2025…
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    1 Read the comic. Answer the questions.
    1
    Who wrote the comic?
    2
    Who did the author write the comic for?
    3
    Where was the comic published?
    4
    What is the comic about?
    2 Read the comic again. Answer the questions.
    1
    What is Marion’s “power?”
    2
    How does she use her power at the beginning of the comic?
    3
    What is the consequence of her actions?
    4
    What does she learn by the end of the comic?
    3 Onomatopoeia Answer the questions.
    1
    Find an example of onomatopoeia in the comic and write it here.
    2
    What does the sound represent?
    3
    What other sounds could the story have?
    4 Onomatopoeia Match the onomatopoeia words with the sounds they represent.
    1
    a
    a blow, a punch
    2
    b
    a bullet hissing
    3
    c
    laughter
    4
    d
    expressing relief
    5
    e
    the sound of metal on metal
    5 Punctuation Answer the questions.
    1
    When are capital letters used in the comic?
    2
    Find a sentence with more than one exclamation point. What emotion does
    the author want to express?
    Onomatopoeia
    Authors sometimes want
    to represent sounds
    in a story. The written
    representation of sounds
    is called Onomatopoeia.
    Examples of this are “drip”
    for the sound of a leaky
    faucet or “growl” for the
    sound an angry dog makes.
    Punctuation
    Authors usually only use one
    question mark or exclamation
    point. However, the writing
    style in comics and graphic
    novels is more informal.
    Authors may use more than
    one exclamation point or
    question mark to indicate
    stronger feelings.
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    1 Answer the questions.
    1
    Are you writing this comic from your point of view or from another person’s?
    2
    Who are you writing the comic for?
    3
    Where will you publish your comic?
    4
    What could be the main problem in your comic?
    2 Think about your comic. Brainstorm and write the words you might use.
    3 Write some ideas about your character(s).
    Description of Main Character(s) Actions
    Feelings Onomatopoeia
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    4 Complete the concept map for your comic.
    5 Look at your concept map. What happens in each frame of your comic?
    Frame 1 Frame 2 Frame 3
    Frame 4 Frame 5 Frame 6
    COMIC TITLE
    Events
    Introduction Problem Resolution
    Characters Setting
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    My Classmate’s Checklist
    2 Exchange books with a classmate. Read the sentences. Mark (✓) Ye s or No.
    1
    The comic is about living forever.
    2
    There is a main character and a setting.
    3
    There is an introduction, a problem and a resolution.
    4
    There is onomatopoeia.
    Yes No
    Yes No
    Yes No
    Yes No
    1 Write the dialogue or narration for each frame of your comic.
    Make notes about drawings you will include.
    My First Draft
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    3 Rewrite the dialogue or narration for your comic. Make notes
    about the drawings you will include.
    My Classmate’s Checklist
    4 Exchange books with a classmate. Read the sentences. Mark (✓) Yes or No.
    1
    The comic is about living forever.
    2
    There is a main character and a setting.
    3
    There is an introduction, a problem and a resolution.
    4
    There is onomatopoeia.
    5
    End punctuation is used correctly.
    Yes No
    Yes No
    Yes No
    Yes No
    Yes No
    My Second Draft
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