What is a caption text?
Caption is a short description that accompanies the illustration.Description in the form of additional information which is usually located under the image or photo. Usually the caption only consists of a few words or sentences.Characteristic of Caption Text
Could be found above, below or beside a picture or photo.
Giving information about what is the picture or photo about.
Majority of caption text are short.
Rule of Writing a Caption Text
1. Supply specific information
(Answering 5W1H Question)
2. User present tense on the first sentence
3. Caption are written in a complete sentences
4. Clearly identify the people and location in the photo
5. Identify the person from left to right
Generic structure of caption
- The title
- The lead
- Section Heading
Language Features
- Exclamation
- Question
- Adjective Phrase
- Personal Phrase
What is the caption function?
Helping readers or viewers to understand more information that might not be in photos or videos.
CAPTION TEXT
What is a caption text?
Caption is a short description that accompanies the illustration.Description in the form of additional information which is usually located under the image or photo. Usually the caption only consists of a few words or sentences.Characteristic of Caption Text
Could be found above, below or beside a picture or photo.
Giving information about what is the picture or photo about.
Majority of caption text are short.
Rule of Writing a Caption Text
1. Supply specific information
(Answering 5W1H Question)
2. User present tense on the first sentence
3. Caption are written in a complete sentences
4. Clearly identify the people and location in the photo
5. Identify the person from left to right
Generic structure of caption
- The title
- The lead
- Section Heading
Language Features
- Exclamation
- Question
- Adjective Phrase
- Personal Phrase
What is the caption function?
Helping readers or viewers to understand more information that might not be in photos or videos.
Caption Text have a social function, namely to provide basic information about an object.
Even though it's short, you can't write captions. It takes language that is interesting but still informative so that what is in the picture can be conveyed properly.
Caption Text Structure
- The Opening ( Opener )
is usually an image written in a larger size to attract the attention of the reader.
- Content
contains concise information to explain the image.
- The Closing Section
is usually additional information that has not been conveyed in the content.
Rule of Writing a caption?
- Supply specific information (Answering 5W1H Question)
- User present tense on the first sentence
- Caption are written in a complete sentences
- Clearly identify the people and location in the photo
- Identify the person from left to right
How to a write 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 :
Video :
EXERCISE part 2
Upload a caption text in your social media,screenshot the caption and attach it in your blog!
The meaning of this sentence is that we must believe in ourselves no matter what happens and we must be proud of ourselves never listen to people who say bad things about us
PRACTICE I :
Caption 1 :
A nurse takes a swab sample from a patient at the Tanah Abang district office in Central Jakarta on June Central Jakarta on June 21. Swab tests, also called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, use mucus samples taken from the nose or throat to detect COVID-19. (JP/P.J. Leo)
Caption 2 :
Wearing a hazmat suit, a member of a Transjakarta community holds up a sign with updated data on the number of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta to raise awareness on health protocols within the Harmoni bus shelter in Jakarta on July 17. (IP/Dhoni Setiawan)
Practice I (page 15) & part D (page 17) from the module :
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