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