A graphic novel can be defined as a literary work that is either fictional or non-fictional and comprises of comic characters.
This ultimately implies that, a graphic novel is a book used to tell a story through the process of combining texts and graphical illustrations (images) of the characters involved.
In this scenario, Jing is writing a book about her experience playing soccer as a child and she wants to utilize both her writing and illustration skills. Thus, the form Jing should use to tell her story is a graphic novel. A graphic novel would avail Jing the ability to express her writing skills through the use of texts and the use of images to illustrate soccer skills, all as a single piece of literary work.
