Yearbook Terms

Pages that introduce the next section of the book. They can be as simple as a full spread picture and title or as complex as multiple pictures and quotes. Example: The spread before the athletics section starts, with the title “Athletics” or similar. The spread before the spring section starts.

• Divider Pages

• Tone

• Topical Coverage

• Headline Package

A design, graphic, image, text, or similar that repeats on every page of your yearbook. Your folio helps emphasize your theme.

• Module

• Tone

• Folio

• Book Spine

When your book is closed, the edge of the book that binds the pages together. On a yearbook, the spine often has information such as the volume number, school name, yearbook name, and year.

• Book Spine

• Serif Font

• Secondary Headline

• Endsheet

The paper between the cover and the first page. It is often used for signing, but can also be used to help introduce the theme and include the table of contents.

• Tone

• Endsheet

• Colophon

• Theme

A headline that supports the primary headline and provides additional information about the copy.

• Spread

• Sans Serif Font

• Secondary Headline

• Sectional Coverage

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A spread used to separate each section of the yearbook

• cover page

• endsheet

• section

• divider

heavier sheets of paper which hold the pages of the yearbook to the cover

• opener

• ensheets

• closer

• cover

A yearbook is typically broken up into 6 of these

• dividers

• pieces

• tabs

• sections

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

a secondary headline (deck)

• endsheet

• subhead

• headline

• closing

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A verbal statement and a visual look which ties all parts of the yearbook together

• theme

• spin-off

• contents

• index