CAPTION TEXT

What do you see?

What is a Caption Text?
Caption is a short text that contains information that appears in the image or is

under the image.

Captions are used to provide more information about an image or to beautify an

image.
What is the function? `

Helping readers or viewers to understand more information that might not be

in photos or videos.
Language Features

· Exclamation
· Question
· Adjective Phrase
· Personal Phrase
Types of captions:
1. Identification bar

This type of caption only mentions who is in the picture

2. Cutline

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

3. Summary

Contains a complete explanation of who is being drawn, what was done, when it happened, where it

happened, and why it was done.

4. Expanded

a more complete form of summary, this type of caption also contains how it happened and quotes.

5. Quotes

Contains quotes from someone's words related to the picture

6. Group identification

Same as identification, only this type is used when the image contains more than one person.
Example:
Another example
Example:
What is the caption used to?

The caption is used to advise people not to waste their time because once the time flies it
can't be turned back