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Caption Text
a. Look at these images!
b. What is caption?
c. Why do we study caption text?
d. How do we understand caption?
e. Examples caption texts in English
tests.
f. Do these exercises!
ENGLISH
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Caption Text
a. Look at these images!

ENGLISH
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b. What is caption?
Caption text is brief description, heading,
or title that identifies or introduces a
document, graphic, photograph, or table.

ENGLISH
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c. Why do we study caption text?

• it can help readers or viewers to understand more

information that might not be in photos or videos.
• It can clarify difficult language, poor audio and
complicated information (there will be no
misinterpretation)
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d. How do we write good caption?
Rule of Writing a caption:
•Supply specific information (Answering 5W1H
Question)
•Use present tense on the first sentence
•Caption is written in a complete sentence
•Clearly identify the people and location in the photo
ENGLISH •Identify the people from left to right
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d. How do we write good caption?
The Language Features
•Exclamation
•Question
•Adjective Phrase
•Personal Phrase
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d. How do we write good caption?
How to write a 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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e. Examples caption texts in English
Kindstests.
of Caption
•Identification bar: (who is in the picture?)
•Cutline: (who is in the picture and what is the person
doing)
•Summary: (who, what, where, when and why)
•Expanded: : (who, what, where, when and why) and how
•Group identification: (who are in the picture)
ENGLISH •Quote: (one’s statement relates to the picture)
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f. Do these exercises!
Exercise 1
The following pictures consist captions. Please write the
meaning or the message of those captions.

ENGLISH
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f. Do these exercises!
Exercise 2
Do as an example below!
Who : kids in Afghanistan
What : the starvingkids in Aceh
Why : Not having adequate living
Where : in Afganisthan
When : September 2021

Caption
The starvation of hundreds of thousands of kids in
Afghanistan who are
still staying in the barracks has not got an adequate
living, neither
nutrition, education, cloth, nor housing. They rely on
ENGLISH us

CLASS Starving haunts children in Afghanistan

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/
politics/afghanistan-international-aid-united-
national-un-food-kabul
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f. Do these exercises!
Exercise 2
Do as an example below!

Who :
What :
Why :
Where :
When :

Caption

ENGLISH Deforestation in Indonesia, government must be

responsible
CLASS https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ina/
deforestation

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