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Read the excerpt from Persepolis.

3 panels from the graphic novel Persepolis. One girl's father dies. A second girl tries to console her by saying her father acted like a genuine hero and she should be proud of him. The first girl says "I wish her were alive and in jail rather than dead and a hero."

Which elements does the author use most to develop the central idea of these panels?

facial expressions and speech balloons
thought bubbles and captions
captions and facial expressions
speech balloons and layout

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facial expressions and speech balloons

The dialogue in the speech balloons delivers the key lines (the consolation and the bitter reply), while the characters' facial expressions show grief, anger, and disbelief—together they develop the panels' central idea about loss and contested ideas of heroism.