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Kinds of captions:

1. Identification bar
The identification bar is a type of caption text that is only used to explain who
is in the photo, but does not explain the story in the photo. This type of caption
text is usually used if there is one person in the photo.

2. Group Identification
This identification group is actually the same as the identification bar. The
difference is, group identification is a type of caption text that is used to
explain several people in the photo without explaining the story in the photo.

3. Cutline
Cutline is a type of caption text that is used to explain who is in the photo and
what they are doing. This type of caption text is most often found in newspapers,
magazines or articles.

4. Summary
In this type of caption text, the information provided is more complete, starting
from who the person in the photo is, what they did, when it happened, where it
happened, and why it happened. So, it can be concluded that this summary type
caption text contains answers to the 5W questions (Who, What, Where, When, and
Why).

5. Expanded
Expanded caption is a type of caption text that has the most complete information
compared to other types of caption. In this caption, you not only answer the 5W
questions, but also 1H (How) or how it happened and quotes from someone or a
source.

6. Quote
Do you often upload photos accompanied by captions of wise words or quotes quoted
from someone? Well, this quote is a type of caption text.

When writing this type of caption, the words written or quoted from someone must
match the photo.

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