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DEFINITION

caption is a brief description that identifies a picture, video, table or graphs

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FUNCTION

to tell the viewers or readers about what’s happening in the picture, video, table or graphs.

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Generic structure

Sentences (Simple present tense)

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CRITERIA

Has a positive value
Interesting
Caption include of words, sentences or phrase.

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Exclamanation, for example “fantastic, we closed the deal”

Question is a type of setence that requires an answer

Adjective phrase is a group of words that describe

A noun or pronoun in a sentence

Prepositional phrase is a series of word made up of

A preposition and its object

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Kinds of caption

Identification bar: This type of caption only mentions who is in the picture

Cutline: This type of caption says who is being drawn and what they are doing

Summary: Contains a complete explanation of who is in the picture, what was done, when it happened, where it happened, and why it was done.

Expanded: A more complete form of summary, this type of caption also includes how it happened and quotes.

Group identification: Same as the type of caption identification bar, only this type is used when the image contains more than one person.

Quote: Contains quotes from someone's words related to the image.

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How to make 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

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Example of Identification Bar

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Example of Cutline

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Example of summary

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Example of Expended (5w+1h)

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Example of Group Identification

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Discussing with your partner, identify what kinds of caption are these? And make a caption based on these pictures.

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Make a group of 2 people for discussing a poster without caption, and make a caption of picture/video by yourself then submit it

Assignment

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