Magazine Front Covers

 Thursday 15th June 2023

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


Masthead - Title & is at the top of the magazine cover/left hand side

Dateline - The date & is just above the masthead

Main Image - A picture & is in the centre of the magazine cover

Cover Lines - Tells you whats in the magazine & is to the right of the image in the middle

Main cover line - Main story inside the magazine / links to the main image & is to the left of the image roughly in the middle

Bar code/Price - Where you scan and tells you how much it costs & at the top or bottom corner of the magazine

Tagline/Strapline - A sentence to define the magazine & is around the title

Pull Quote - A key phrase/quotation taken from a specific article to entice readers into the the article or to highlight a key topic 


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