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Caption text provides short descriptions of photos, illustrations, or diagrams to help readers understand them better. Captions can identify who or what is depicted, summarize the key details like who, what, when, where and why, or include an expanded description with additional details like how something happened or relevant quotes. Effective captions observe the visual content, identify the message, and provide context not evident from just looking at the image in 1-3 sentences placed below it.

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Caption

Caption text provides short descriptions of photos, illustrations, or diagrams to help readers understand them better. Captions can identify who or what is depicted, summarize the key details like who, what, when, where and why, or include an expanded description with additional details like how something happened or relevant quotes. Effective captions observe the visual content, identify the message, and provide context not evident from just looking at the image in 1-3 sentences placed below it.

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CAPTION

What is Caption Text?

 Caption Text is a short text located near photos, illustration, or diagram that gives us
important information about the photos, illustration, or diagram.

What is the Function of Caption Text?


 Caption Text helping readers or viewers to understand more information that might not be
in photos or videos.
Generic Structure
 1) the tittle
2) the lead
3) description
Language Features

 Exclamation
- fantastic, we closed the deal! ( correct )
- fantastic! We closed the deal (incorrect)
 Question , is a type of sentence that requires an answer.
- who will be the governor of Jakarta ?
 Adjective Phrase, is a group of words that describe a noun
or pronoun in a sentence.
- the movie was not too terribly long
Type of Caption Text

 1. Identification bar : This type of caption only mentions who is in the picture, used if there
are only 1 person in the photo
 2. Cutline : This type of caption mentions who is drawn and what it does
 3. Summary : Contains a complete description of who was drawn, what was done, when it
happened, where it happened, and why it was done.
 4. Expanded : A more complete form of summary, this type of caption also includes how it
happened and the quote.
 5. Group identification: Same as the type of caption identification bar, only this type is
used if the image contains more than one person.
 6. Quote: Contains quotes from someone's words related to the picture.
How To Write a Caption Text

 Observe the picture or video you will give the caption


 Find out the message that will be sent from the picture before you
write caption
 Write sentence or phrase under the picture
Example
 Identification Bar  Cutline

Caption : Bollywood artist Aishwarya Rai


Bachchan poses in front of the Taj Mahal Caption : Water vendor Sumara, 70,
in Arga pushes a cart carrying jerrycans of water
in the Penjaringan Area in North Jakarta
Example
 Summary  Expanded

Caption : Indian workers srub a sewer


cleaning machine on truck before its
unveiling during an event to celebrated
World Toilet Day in New Delhi on
November 19th, 2018
Example
 Quote
Learning Suggestion

 Do not begin with the word a, an, or the


 Use present tense to describe action in the photos or videos
 Give readers infomation they can’t get from just looking at the photo or video
 A caption should complete the photo
 Write caption so they go from spesific to general or general to spesific
 Caption should not repeat information contained in the lead
 Name people only if they they are important to the picture
Find one quote on internet, then create
your own caption!

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