Magazine Front Covers

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 Wednesday 27th April 2022

Learning Objective:

To identify the features on a magazine front cover; to explore genre codes & conventions.

Masthead - A Masthead is the big text at the top of a magazine telling u the maker/brand of the magazine.

Dateline- A dateline is it indicates the city the journalist was in when he or she reported on the story. It also indicates the date the story was filed.

Main Image - The main picture that is the biggest picture on the cover.

Cover Lines - A coverline is small text(s) on the front colour of the magazine telling u the contents of the magazine with small exciting sentences.

Main Cover Line - A main coverline tells u the main focus of the magazine.

Bar Code/Price - Tells u the price of the magazine via the bar code.

Tagline/Strapline - A strapline is a subheading that is usually found at the top of a magazine, above the masthead - like a slogan.

Pull quote - A pull quote is Pull quotes are short excerpts from the presented text. They are used to pull a text passage out of the reader's flow and give it a more dominant position in the post or the article.

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