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Informs the reader where each section is located.
Table of Contents
This section highlights activities that take place in the lives of students in and outside of school.
Student Life
The unifying idea that has a visual and verbal element that holds the book together and creates structure for the story of the year.
Theme
The type of question yearbook staffers always need to ask when they interview.
Open-Ended
Page of the Yearbook that contains school name, publication name, volume number, year, address, and city/state.
Title Page
This spread is at the back of the book and finishes the story of the year and brings the book closure.
Closing
Often place just below a headline. This form of writing offers deeper insight and information.
Subheadline
This is empty space around content often separating or framing topics.
White Space
The ability to mark photos with names of individuals who appear in the photos.
Tagging
This spread introduces the theme and starts the book out on that note.
Opening
The largest photo on the page. Must be a strong emotional or action shot to catch the attention of the audience.
Dynamic
Different kinds of this writing include indent, summary, quote, expanded and group.
Caption
This type of Yearbook structure is typically composed of Student Life, Sports, Academics, Clubs/Organizations and Portraits.
Traditional
This spread indicates new sections and provides continuity with the theme.
Divider
The inside front and back covers of a book which can be printed on.
Endsheets
Introduces the reader to the page by summarizing the story of the page or highlighting its focus. Should use literary devices to be clever or eye-catching.
Headline
Lines, tints, screens and textures that help emphasize specific areas within designs.
Graphics
What does DPS stand for?
Double Page Spread
This grouping of 16 pages is printed on a large sheet of paper, folded, cut and bound into a Yearbook.
Signature
This is the invisible line that runs across the spread.
Eyeline
What does CMYK stand for?
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black
Short bits of information that are provided on sidebars or as complimentary elements to the content on the page.
Infographics
This type of spread has a different look/feel than other content spreads and dazzles readers with unique content and design.
Interrupters
The use of selected fonts to enhance the theme.
Typography
A unit of measurement in Yearbook. There are six of these units in an inch.
Pica