Yearbook Language

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Across
  1. 2. A single-story approach packed with facts, figures, descriptive details, specific examples, quotes and poignant anecdotes. Journalistic feature stories use a catchy lead followed by short paragraphs featuring meaningful quotes and containing facts and figures.
  2. 3. Presents facts and figures, often poll and survey results, in a visual way that often includes illustrative art.
  3. 5. A grouping of pages that are printed on the same press sheet and folded into a 16-page mini-booklet; signatures are bound to make a complete book.
  4. 9. Most common allocation of space, two facing pages presenting a variety of elements to tell a story; even and odd pages appearing as a unit.
  5. 10. A diagram or online tool used to plan content/coverage, deadlines and color. Also a place to list staff assignments.
  6. 13. The story of the year told through complete, balanced, relevant and dynamic verbal and visual content.
  7. 16. Section of a yearbook that covers activities in and out of school that directly affect the lives of students. Focuses on students as individuals.
  8. 17. Portion of a page or spread with mini design of photos and text. Can be displayed with other content modules on a spread to present different angles on the same topic.
  9. 18. An angle narrowly defines a topic, making specific verbal and visual storytelling possible.
  10. 19. Capture the important moments when they’re happening; they show an activity or event in progress.
  11. 20. Covers interscholastic competition (teams and individual sports) and other athletic activities students are involved in.
Down
  1. 1. Covers the activities of school groups, emphasizing the value of membership and experiences. Also called clubs or groups section.
  2. 4. Covers students, faculty and staff in portraits and feature stories that serve as the record of the school.
  3. 6. Dictated by budget and policy and can include business and/or recognition ads.
  4. 7. The large type designed to attract readers to stories and draw them into pages. A well-written headline summarizes a story or highlights its focus. Headline components include primary and secondary.
  5. 8. Group shots and portraits that provide a record of the school population and the membership of organizations and clubs.
  6. 11. Covers all aspects of curriculum- related experiences.
  7. 12. Text blocks accompanying photos that add information. Captions answer readers’ questions about
  8. 14. photograph. Can range from identifying and supplying minimal information for people in photos to serving as mini-stories telling the 5W’s and H including quotes. Also called cutlines.
  9. 15. Eight pages on one side of a press sheet, indicated by shading on the ladder; pages are printed in multiples.
  10. 20. The main text, story or article. Also called copy. Stories come in a variety of formats and include facts, figures and quotes.