Caption (Herlina:Training SLCC)

Caption Text (Herlina:Training SLCC)

By Lhyna Mudeng

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​Caption is text is breif description, heading, or title that indentifier or introduces a document, graphic, photograph, or table.

What is Caption Text?

Overview of caption

Helping readers or viewers to understand more information that might no be in photos or videos.

What is the social function of caption

Overview of caption​

1. Indentification bar  (Who is she/he?)

2. Cutline (Who..; What ...)

3. Summary (5 W)

4. Expanded (5 WH)

5. Group Identification (Who are they?)

6. Quote (inspirative words, motivation words, wise words)

Type of caption

identify the type of caption​

1. Who is she?

2. What does she do?

3. Where is she?

4. The caption is ...

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Exercise..

​Answer the following question based on the caption!

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Multiple Choice

1. What is the aim of the caption?

• How to use masker in daily life

• To give a description how to avoid covid 19

• To tell about covid 19

• To make readers wash hand and shake hand

Multiple Choice

What is the function of caption?

• Helping the reader or viewer to see the photo or a video

• Helping the reader or viewer to understand information in the photo or a video

• Helping the reader or viewer to describe in particular specific information in the photo or a video

• Helping the reader or viewer to present the photo or a video

Multiple Choice

Below is language feature of caption text, except…

• Conjunction

• Adjective phrase

• Prepositional phrase

• Question

Multiple Choice

How to write a caption text?

• Observe the other caption

• Don’t write sentence or phrase under the picture

• Find out the message from the picture before you write the caption

• make a photo or a video