Writing Captions and Headlines

In  a headline, a comma stands for

• 'but'
• a pause in the sentence
• 'and'
• plus

When writing a caption, what verb tense should be used to describe the action in the photo?

• Past tense
• Present tense
• Present Perfect Tense
• Future Tense

When writing a caption, try to avoid starting it with

• "The"
• A name
• An adjective, adverb, or gerund
• A number

True or False:  Every caption should have a 'headline' to serve as a title for the photo.

• True
• False

A _____________ is a short, introduction to the larger headline situated below it.

• hammer
• lead
• kicker
• prepositional phrase

Captions should include 5 items:

• 1lead
  2 nicknames
  3 ranks of students
  4 photo credit
  5 title
• 1 quote
  2 description of action
  3 headline
  4 additional piece of information
  5 photo credit
• 1 headline
  2 lead
  3 quote
  4ranks of students
  5 photo credit
• 1 kicker
  2 headline
  3 description
  4 lead
  5photo credit

In headlines, always use a ________________ verb

• passive past tense verb
• passive present tense verb
• active past tense verb
• active present tense verb

In a headline, never separate or break up

• a noun from an adjective
• a prepositional phrase
• a verb phrase which would include a helping verb
• None of the these should  
  be separated

Captions should be used even with 'headshots' to at least identify people

• True
• False
• It depends on the story

If writing a caption for a picture of a crowd, you should identify everyone in the picture.

• True
• False