What is a caption?

• A long article written about a photo

• The subject of the photo

• Words found under the image in print or online media

• Short description that explains what is happening in the image

True or False: Captions are FACTS about what is happening in an image?

• True

• False

What is the purpose of a caption?

• builds on the story from the article

• helps viewers understand the context of the image

• tell you how the photographer felt capturing the image

• Both: building on the story from the article & helping viewers understand context

How many sentences are in a basic caption?

• 1

• 3

• 2

• 4

Where is the photographer identified in a basic caption?

• After the second sentence

• Before the first sentence

• Inbetween the two sentences

• The photographer is not identified in a caption

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

• Perfect tense

• Present tense

• Past tense

• Future tense

When writing captions, write in the ______ tense for additional sentences

• Present

• Future

• Past

• Perfect

What questions MUST be answered in a caption?

• Who, What, When, Why

• Who, What, When, How

• Who, What, When, Where

• Who, What, When, Where, Why, How

How many sentences are in an expanded caption?

• 3+

• 1

• 2

• 4

What is the correct way to identify a student in your caption?

(using 10th grader Tupac Shakur as the example)

• Tupac Shakur

• Tupac Shakur (10)

• Tupac Shakur, 10

• Tupac