to inform

to teach

to entertain

to persuade

daring

enthusiastic

suspicious

uncaring

is following a plan

uses math in real life

listen's to his father's advice

has only enough comics for one week

"Regular comic books were sort of tall. Also a little floppy. Not Greg's."

"He chewed the warm bread and the soft cheese but he didn't taste a thing."

"He got to pick the name because he was the author of all the Chunky Comics stories."

"Comic books had been a part of Greg's life forever, mostly because of his dad's collection."

using italics

including captions

capitalizing all the words

enclosing some text in parentheses

to make Greg look foolish

to tell how Greg uses comic books

to compare Greg to a comic book hero

to show that Greg had a sudden thought

haunted artist

thoughtful person

hopeless dreamer

Superman look-alike

Greg tends to insult people

Greg has a good sense of humor

Greg is insecure about his appearance

Greg has a hard time coming up with ideas

to encourage Greg's friends to produce their own small books

to tell how Greg became interested in creating his own comics

to explain how reading comic books helped Greg develop story lines

to describe the process used to create a small book from one piece of paper

They prove Greg's artistic talent

They communicate Greg's mastery of color

They show that Greg should try a different hobby

They make the reader wonder at Greg's success