Yearbook Language Terms to Know

This flashcard set covers essential yearbook terminology, section definitions, and layout concepts for the upcoming quiz.

Academics Section

Covers all aspects of curriculum-related experiences.

Advertising Section

Dictated by budget and policy and can include business and/or recognition ads.

Angle

A narrowly defined topic, making specific verbal and visual storytelling possible. Answers the question, "How will you approach your story?"

Caption

Text blocks that accompany photos and add information. These answer readers' questions about the photograph. They can range from simple idents to extended formats to tell mini-stories.

Chronological Content/Coverage Approach

A coverage approach that uses a time element such as seasons or months to organize the content in a yearbook.

Content Module

A portion of a page or spread with mini design of photos and text. Can be displayed with others on a spread to present different angles on the same topic.

Coverage

The story of the year told through complete, balanced, relevant, and dynamic verbal and visual content.

Feature Story

A single-story approach packed with facts, figures, descriptive details, specific examples, quotes, and poignant anecdotes. These use a catchy lead followed by short paragraphs featuring meaningful quotes and containing facts and figures.

Headline

The large type designed to attract readers into stories and draw them into pages. A well-written one summarizes a story or highlights its focus. Components include primary and secondary.

Infographic

Presents facts and figures, often poll and survey results, in a visual way that often includes illustrative art.

Ladder

A diagram of online to used to stan content/coverage, des and color. Ава place to list staff assignments.

Muuple

$8$ pages on one side of a press sheet, indicated by shading on the ladder pages are printed in these groups.

Grganization Section

Covers the activities of school groups, emphasizing the value of membership and experiences. Also called "clubs" or "groups" section.

People Section

Covers students, faculty, and staff in portraits and feature stories that serve as the record of the school.

Quick Reads

Typically short stories or groups of facts presented in a broad range of writing and design formats. These stories include figures, facts, or opinions. They can be chronologies or interactive formats.

Signature

A grouping of pages that are printed on the same press sheet and folded into a $16$-page mini-booklet; these are bound together to make a complete book.

Spread/Double Page Spread

Most common allocation of space, two facing pages representing a variety of elements to tell a story; even and odd pages appearing as a unit.

Story

The main text, story, or article. Also called copy. These come in a variety of formats and include facts, figures, and quotes.

Student Life Section

Section of a yearbook that covers activities in and out of school that directly affect the lives of students. Focuses on students as individuals.

White Space

The area around photos and text; organizes content; can be standard, tight, or expanded.