Terminology

 Here are the new magazine terminology that I learnt from my teacher.

Reflection: 

I found these new words to be very interesting. I never knew that magazines had all these different features or that there were special words for them. I found it hard to identify the features of a magazine without having the definitions handy in the beginning. However, I have finally started getting the hang of them and started remembering what meant what after I had started to play around and do more research into magazines. Despite that, I still need to refer back to the list to double check just in case I am wrong.

Masthead	The top section of a newspaper which gives the paper’s title, price and date
Strapline	Memorable phrase that is associated with the magazine.
Cover line	Titles of stories featured in the magazine
Main cover line	The most important article featured, grabs the audience’s attention (featured article)
Main image	The dominant image on the cover
Barcode	Used for retailers
Skyline	A list of keywords featured at the top of the cover
Thirds	The upper and left third are the most important. why?
Prop	An image of an item
Puff / Boxout	A smaller image/text to stand out from the rest of the information (puff=circle. boxout=square)
Buzzwords	Exclusive, free, new, special edition
Banner	A block of colour with info inside, usually stretches the width of the cover
Headline	The title of the article
Subheading	Additional info found beneath the headline (Crosshead)
Byline	The author of the article
Pull quote	A quote taken from the article, with the font/size colour changed.
Drop Cap	The first letter of the article enlarged.
White space	Empty space in the spread, used to break up the content (negative space)
Border	Empty space around the edges
Column	Standard layout of magazines
Spread	Pages of a magazine that should be viewed together (usually two)
Caption	Information about an image.
Mode of address	The way the magazine/article addresses the audience. Formal, casual, direct (for images too)