Media & Publishing

transmitter C2

/trænˈsmɪtɝ/ A device that sends out radio, television, or other signals. M S

scrapbook C2

/ˈskɹæpˌbʊk/ a book in which photographs, clippings, notes, and other memorabilia are collected and arranged M S

paperback C2

/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/ a book bound with a flexible paper or card cover M S

epilogue C2

/ˈɛp.ɪˌlɔɡ/ a concluding section added to a literary work that comments on or reveals what happens after the main narrative M S

pundit C2

/ˈpʌn.dɪt/ an expert who regularly gives opinions or analysis in the media M S

addendum C2

/əˈden.dəm/ a section of additional information appended to a document or publication M S

watermark C2

/ˈwɔːtəmɑːk/ a faint identifying design formed in paper during manufacture and visible when held to the light M S

embed C2

/ɪmˈbɛd/ To fix something firmly inside a surrounding material. M S

folio C2

/ˈfoʊliˌoʊ/ a book made from sheets folded once to form two leaves each, especially a large-format volume M S

cinematographic C2

/ˌsɪnəmætəˈɡræfɪk/ relating to cinematography, motion-picture technique, or the representation of movement as successive images M S

newsboy C2

/ˈnuːzˌbɔɪ/ historical: a boy or young man who sells or delivers newspapers M S

trope C2

/tɹoʊp/ a familiar theme, device, or convention that recurs in a type of story, art, or discussion M S

dénouement C2

/deɪˈnuː.mɑ̃ː/ the final part of a story or drama in which complications are resolved M S

cutaway C2

/ˈkʌtəweɪ/ a drawing, photograph, or model with part of the exterior removed to reveal the internal structure M S

bookbinder C2

/ˈbʊkˌbaɪn.dɚ/ a craftsperson or worker who binds pages into books or repairs book bindings M S

reissue C2

/riːˈɪʃuː/ To issue or publish something again, often in a new version. M S

cinematograph C2

/ˌsɪnəməˈtæɡræf/ an early apparatus that recorded and projected motion pictures M S

typographical C2

/ˌtaɪ.pəˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/ relating to typography, typesetting, or the appearance and arrangement of printed text M S

hardback C2

/ˈhɑɹdˌbæk/ a book bound with a rigid protective cover M S

holograph C2

/ˈhɑləɡræf/ a document written entirely in the handwriting of the person named as its author or signer M S

quarto C2

/ˈkwɔːrtoʊ/ a book or page format made by folding a full sheet twice to create four leaves, or eight pages M S

scroop C2

/skruːp/ Yorkshire dialect: the back or spine of a book M S

octavo C2

/ɑkˈteɪ.voʊ/ a book or page size produced by folding a full sheet three times to make eight leaves M S

satirize C2

/ˈsætəraɪz/ to expose or ridicule the faults of a person, institution, or idea through satire M S

vignette C2

/vɪˈnjɛt/ a brief, vivid description, scene, or episode that captures a person, place, or situation M S

quire C2

/ˈkwaɪɚ/ a set of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper, traditionally one twentieth of a ream M S

assonance C2

/ˈæsənəns/ the repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words, especially in poetry M S

coauthor C2

/ˌkoʊˈɔːθɚ/ a person who writes a book, article, or other work jointly with another author M S

frontispiece C2

/ˈfrʌn.tɪsˌpiːs/ an illustration facing or immediately preceding the title page of a book M S

inkstand C2

/ˈɪŋkˌstænd/ a small stand or tray made to hold an inkwell and writing implements; sometimes, the inkwell itself M S

proem C2

/ˈproʊɛm/ an introduction, preface, or preamble to a work or discourse M S

newsvendor C2

/ˈnuːzˌvɛndɚ/ a person who sells newspapers and often magazines, especially at a street stand M S

ibid C2

/ˈɪbɪd/ in the same source or passage just cited, used in notes and bibliographies M S

typescript C2

/ˈtaɪpskɹɪpt/ a typewritten manuscript or other text prepared in typewritten form, especially as a copy for printing M S

halftone C2

/ˈhæfˌtoʊn/ a printing or image-reproduction method that simulates continuous tones with dots of varying size or spacing M S

foolscap C2

/ˈfʊlˌskæp/ a traditional British size of writing or printing paper, historically about 13 by 16 inches before folding or cutting M S

letterpress C2

/ˈlɛtɚˌprɛs/ printing in which an inked raised surface is pressed directly onto paper M S

plagiary C2

/ˈpleɪdʒiˌɛri/ a plagiarist; a person who presents another's words or ideas as their own M S

passim C2

/ˈpæs.ɪm/ in many places throughout a cited work, used after a page or section reference M S

heliotype C2

/ˈhiːlioʊtaɪp/ historical: a photomechanical printing process using a gelatin relief plate M S

expurgation C2

/ˌek.spɚˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ the removal of material considered offensive, objectionable, or unsuitable from a text or other work M S

scientifiction C2

/ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪˈfɪk.ʃən/ dated: science fiction, especially fiction that combines scientific facts or speculation with adventure and predictions about the future M S

apologue C2

/ˈæp.əˌlɔːɡ/ a short allegorical story or fable intended to convey a moral lesson M S

anapestic C2

/ˌænəˈpɛstɪk/ in prosody, relating to or composed of anapests, metrical feet with two unstressed or short syllables followed by one stressed or long syllable M S

paragrapher C2

/ˈpær.əˌɡræf.ər/ a writer of short newspaper paragraphs, especially gossip, editorial, or society items M S

literati C2

/ˌlɪtəˈɹɑti/ plural: educated people with a strong interest in literature, especially writers and critics M S

dossier C2

/ˈdɑs.jeɪ/ a collection of documents that gives detailed information about a person or subject M S

fabulism C2

/ˈfæbjəlɪzəm/ literature: storytelling that introduces fantastic or impossible events into an otherwise familiar, everyday world M S