Comic Strip Fun: Analyzing Cartoons!
A Grade 4 ELA worksheet to help students analyze comic strips and cartoons, focusing on character emotions, speech bubbles, and story sequencing.
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Comic Strip Fun: Analyzing Cartoons!
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Read the comic strip below carefully. Then, answer the questions that follow by circling the correct answer, filling in the blanks, or writing a short response.
The Great Banana Mystery
Panel 1: A monkey named Milo is happily eating a banana. He has a big smile.
Panel 2: Milo looks surprised. He sees another monkey, Ziggy, running away with a bunch of bananas. Milo's mouth is open in shock.
Panel 3: Milo is chasing Ziggy. Ziggy looks mischievous and is holding all the bananas. Milo looks angry, with his eyebrows furrowed.
Panel 4: Milo finally catches Ziggy. Ziggy sheepishly offers Milo one banana. Milo smiles a little, but still looks a bit annoyed.
1. What emotion does Milo show in Panel 1?
Sadness
Happiness
Anger
Fear
2. What makes Milo surprised in Panel 2?
He found a new friend.
Ziggy stole his bananas.
He saw a funny bird.
He tripped on a rock.
3. In Panel 3, Milo is Ziggy because Ziggy took the bananas.
4. Ziggy looks in Panel 4 when he offers Milo one banana.
5. Describe how Milo's feelings change throughout the comic strip. Use details from each panel to support your answer.
6. If you could add a speech bubble to Panel 2 for Milo, what would he say?
Number the events from the comic strip in the correct order from 1 to 4.
Milo chases Ziggy.
Ziggy runs away with bananas.
Milo eats a banana happily.
Ziggy gives Milo one banana.