CAPTION

                              C A P T I O N 

                                          

              Definition of Caption Text

Caption text is a short piece of text that follows an image, a graph, or other visual media and gives additional description and explanation.

            Social Function of Caption Text

1. Provide Information to Complete The Picture
2. Establish Credibility
3. Promote Better Engagement

                 Structure of Caption Text

• Actions/Events/Activities
• People/Things involved
• Condition

Linguistic Features of Caption Text

• Noun Phrase for a thing, a person, an animal, a location, etc. which is focused on, with or without a, the, this, those, my, their, etc
• Verb Phrase dealing picture/photograph/graph/chart spelling, punctuation, and handwriting
• Present tense
• Active voice
• Credit

                Tips To Write Captions

• Do not begin with the words a, an, or the.
• Use present tense to describe action in a photo.
• Give readers information they cannot get from just looking at a photo.
• A caption should complete the photo. The reader should not have to look at the story, but should want to look at the story.
• Write captions so they go from specific to general or general to specific.
• Do not begin a caption with names.
• When identifying members of a group, write “from left,” not “from left to right.”
• “Above” and “pictured here” are unnecessary.
• Captions should not repeat information contained in the lead.
• Name people only if they are important to the picture.

                     

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