All The Tropes:How to Pick A Good Image: Difference between revisions

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=== Tropes ===
=== Tropes ===
* '''Visual Aid''': Unlike Works, page images for trope pages are there to help explain the trope, not provide an example above the example line.
* '''Visual Aid''': Unlike Works, page images for trope pages are there to help explain the trope, not provide an example above the example line.
* '''Why are [[Comics]], [[Manga]], and [[Web Comic]]s so popular?''': Because the addition of [[Speech Bubble]]s allows the image to include [[Dialogue]] on top of visualizations, something which multimedia works lack. This, combined with a distinct lack of [[Motion Blur]], leans toward a dominance of these images.
* '''Why are [[Comic Books]], [[Manga]], [[Newspaper Comics]], and [[Web Comic]]s so popular?''': Because the addition of [[Speech Bubble]]s allows the image to include [[Dialogue]] on top of visualizations, something which multimedia works lack. This, combined with a distinct lack of [[Motion Blur]], leans toward a dominance of these images.
* '''The image is not an example entry''': the part of the page above the "examples" line is for explanation and related tropes, the part below is for examples. The image is above this line, unless it's too tall. Being an example, or even the greatest/[[Most Triumphant Example (Sugar Wiki)|most triumphant]]/[[Ur Example]], does not make it good at conveying the trope to other people. The goal of an image is to [[Show, Don't Tell]].
* '''The image is not an example entry''': the part of the page above the "examples" line is for explanation and related tropes, the part below is for examples. The image is above this line, unless it's too tall. Being an example, or even the greatest/[[Most Triumphant Example (Sugar Wiki)|most triumphant]]/[[Ur Example]], does not make it good at conveying the trope to other people. The goal of an image is to [[Show, Don't Tell]].
* '''Captions can help''': A picture can need a caption to make the final leap, as long as it tells the story right up to the point where the caption closes the gap.
* '''Captions can help''': A picture can need a caption to make the final leap, as long as it tells the story right up to the point where the caption closes the gap.