Caption part 1

Assalamualaikum🖐🖐

welcome back to my blog with me lutfi and i will exaplain you about caption text

❣Definition of caption text

What is a caption text?

Caption text is brief description, heading, or title that identifier or introduces a document, graphic, photograph, or table.

💗Generic structure of caption

The title
The lead
Section Heading

💝Language Features

Exclamation
Question
Adjective Phrase
Personal Phrase
Simple Present Tense

💞What is the caption function?

Helping readers or viewers to understand more information that might not be in photos or videos.

💜Rule of Writing a caption? (Aturan Penulisan)

Supply specific information (Answering 5W1H Question)
Use 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.

When we read newspapers, both printed and electronic, of course, the first thing we pay attention to is the images presented. The reader will find out about the picture by reading the text given to the part of the picture. We will know the events in the image through the text. So it is very important to provide accompanying text (caption) on a published image. Let's practice understanding some accompanying text in the following image (caption).

Practice 1:

Read out these two captions (text 1 and text 2) loudly and meaningfully and take a note on your notebook if you find some words that you do not understand. Then consult the dictionary.

Teks 1

What a ride: Jakartans enjoy a trial run of the first phase of the Jakarta MRT, which connects Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta to the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta, on Tuesday. City-owned PT MRT Jakarta is carrying out a free trial of its new service until March 24, aiming to attract 285,000 passengers. (The Jakarta Post/Wendra Ajistyatama).

Teks 2

In this Sept. 20, 2018 photo, 5th grade teacher Heather Dalton, center, works with students Julian Ryno, left, and Ma'Kenley Burns, doing math problems on the Dream Box system at Charles Barnum Elementary School in Groton, Conn. A wide array of apps, websites and software used in schools. borrow elements from video games to help teachers connect with students living technology-infusedlives.-AP Photo/Michael Melia

Do you understand the caption text that you read earlier ? Good job. Make it easier to understand the caption text from the picture because we can guess it based on the picture given other than that the sentences used are fact sentences.

💌Example:

1. Jakartans enjoy a trial run of the first phase of the Jakarta MRT.

2. City-owned PT MRT Jakarta is carrying out a free trial of its new service until March 24.

3. In this Sept. 20, 2018 photo, 5th grade teacher Heather Dalton, center, works with students Julian Ryno, left, and Mo'Kenley Burns

Pay attention to the three sentences quoted from the text. Those three sentences are fact sentences, right? You are absolutely right, we usually call it the present sentence.

💖 Video material about caption text