What are the correct terms regarding (this literary) technique?
An example comes from a cartoon where there is a woman talking to her boyfriend.
There's a "cloud" that comes from her mouth, and the text inside reads: "You're so handsome." But there is another cloud that comes from the top of her head (brain), and the text reads: "Man, does he have bad breath."
What are these "clouds" called? Would "halo" be a suitable term?
And what is this technique called that shows what a character is really thinking as opposed to what she is saying?
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They're called speech bubbles and thought bubbles, respectively. Speech bubbles usually have clean edges and a kind of triangle pointing to the speaker's mouth; thought bubbles have puffy, cloud-like edges, and the connection to the speaker is a trail of individual round bubbles.
I might call the technique "disconnect," but I'm not sure if that's the official term.
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