If you’re going to be a cartoonist, you’ll want to understand some of the terminology that comes with the trade. Below, write the letter of the vocabulary word on the line next to the correct description below.

A. Cross-hatching
B. Texture
C. Line Weight
D. Hatching
E. Dialogue balloons
F. Exaggerate
G. Shading

_______ To make something, such as someone’s nose or eyes, seem bigger or smaller than they really are.

_______ The degree of darkness of a color.

_______ The use of diagonal lines to provide shading and texture.

_______ The space above a cartoon character’s head that displays the words spoken by the character.

_______ The thickness of a line.

_______ The appearance and feel of something, such as coarseness or smoothness.

_______ Drawing diagonal lines in the opposite direction across an already hatched area.