CAPTION TEXT PART 3
Definition :
Helping readers or viewers to understand more information that might not be in photos or videos.
Rule of Writing a caption :
• Supply specific information (Answering 5W1H Question)
• User present tense on the first sentence
• Caption are written in a complete sentences
• Clearly identify the people and location in the photo
• Identify the person from left to right
How to a write caption text?
1. Observe the picture or video you will give the caption
2. Find out the message that will be sent from the picture before you write caption
3. Write sentence or phrase under the picture
Example of Caption Text :
A nurse takes a swab sample from a patient at the Tanah Abang district office in Central Jakarta on June Central Jakarta on June 21. Swab tests, also called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, use mucus samples taken from the nose or throat to detect COVID-19. (JP/P.J. Leo)
Summary :
1. Social Function
Describe or command on a picture, photograph, graph, chart
2.Text Structure
Can be:
- action/event/ activity -people/thing that involved condition
3. Language Features
- 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
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