CAPTION TEXT

Presented by :

1. Syalomitha Pinontoan
2. Giovanna Lumombo
3. Beby Mandagi
4. Syakira Husain
5. Steven Kendung
6. Theon Sanda
7. Jonatan Elias
Class : 12 SCIENCE ONE
2023/2024
Definition of Caption Text
A caption is a short descriptive or explanatory text, usually
one or two sentences long, which accompanies a
photograph, picture, map, graph, pictorial illustration,
figure, table or some other form of graphic content
contained in a book or in a newspaper or magazine article.
Generic Structure Caption Text
- Title
The main part of a caption text is the title. It would be
good if the title could build readers' curiosity, so that
they read the rest of the caption.
- Section heading
This section is shorter in content. The
- Lead purpose of the section heading is to provide
Lead is content that informs about the things information on each available image.
in the image. The content of the lead must be
written specifically, so that readers can be
interested.
 Types of Caption Text & their explanation
- Identification - Quotes
This type of caption text is usually used to describe or Quote caption means that it contains a
identify everyone in the photo, but does not explain a story. sentence quote from someone in the
The focus on caption text for this type of identification is picture.
clarity.
- Cutlines
- Group Captions
Cutline type captions are the ones most often found in
Group Captions are usually used to describe multiple
pictures and writings printed on newspapers and media,
images. This caption should have at least two sentences
both offline and online media. Caption cutlines explain the
per image and include quotes where possible. The group
subject in the image and what the subject is doing.
caption must be clear about which image each
description describes.
- Expanded
The type of expanded caption is the type of caption that
- Summary
has the most complete information. In accordance with
For this type of caption summary , it usually contains an
the type name, this expanded caption text is the
explanation of the subject in the picture, the activities carried
development of the previous text, especially from the
out in the picture, the time of the incident, the location of the
summary caption.
incident and the reasons why the activity was carried out.
 Example of each type
Identification :
Indonesian badminton player wins gold medal in 2021 Cutline :
Olympics. Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the second daughter of
Sukarno visits residents of the Luar Batang area of North
Group Caption : Jakarta on May 26, 2015.
Beyonce and her daughter were seen in Los Angeles
attending a wedding. They both wore pink dresses and Expanded :
were seen entering the venue with Kim Kardashian and British journalist Martin Bashir arrives at Santa Barbara
Kanye West. County Superior Court in Santa Maria to be the first
witness to be called at Michael Jackson’s child sex abuse
Summary : trial. The BBC was under pressure on May 21, 2021, after
This aerial picture shows the graves of victims of the COVID-19 unprecedented criticism from the royal family about its
coronavirus at the Okunoin cemetery in Japan on August 7, 1995 interview with princess Diana, damaging its
2021. reputation as it fights attacks on several fronts. (The
Jakarta Post).
Quote :
‘You must tell yourself, no matter how hard
it is, or how hard it gets, I’m going to make
it.’ – Les Brown
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