Caption Text ~ Part 1

Caption Text 

Hello everyone, meet again with Yuli's blog. at this meeting I will explain about the caption text part 1. Let's listen to my explanation.

🌳🌳What is meant by caption text?

Caption text is a short text that is above, below or in the image as a complement to the image. Many people think that captions are the same as quotes, even though they are different. Quotes are usually just text without pictures but can also include pictures. The difference between a caption and a quote is that a quote is a quote that is usually taken from a book, song or dialogue in a film and is accompanied by the name of the author. While the caption is writing that is made to explain the image. Captions are used as a means of expression on social media. 

🌳🌳Use of Captions

1. Interpret images or videos

One function of the caption is to give meaning to the image or video that will be posted. With an explanation of the posted image or video, it will give the reader an idea of ​​the intent of your post. With a caption, an explanation of the image or video you post will be easy to guess. Thus, an explanation for each image or video can support the attractiveness of your post on social media.

It is not uncommon for individuals to always think about what caption is suitable to describe the image or video that will be posted. With this, the individual will think of a meaningful caption to describe the image or video he posted.

2. Sending a message

With the caption, it can make an event to give a message to the readers of the post. Messages to be conveyed can take various forms. The message that will be conveyed by the author will be read by social media users. That way, the message you convey can be conveyed to social media users. Caption support for giving messages will be easier to use and access.

Without using personal letters, you can use captions to write messages to several people according to your wishes. The message can be conveyed to the person you are addressing and can be known by others. That way, you will not only exchange messages to the intended person, but other people will also be able to read the message.

Hidden intentions are usually implied in a message. It is not uncommon for captions to be found with poetic sentences that describe a meaning. With this, the existence of a caption can support the posts that you will post on your social media.

3. Expressing feelings

With a caption, it can also make an event to express the feelings of each individual. Any feelings can be written in a caption. With this, you will indirectly tell a feeling or even your excitement about something. The feelings that will be conveyed can be of various types. Using a suitable caption will support you to express your feelings.

Social media can also be used as a medium to express your feelings at that time or at certain times. You can share various moments with a picture of each feeling to all social media users who follow your social media.

4. Business needs

The development of a business can be started with the existence of a media that supports promotion, namely social media. With social media for doing business, it will increase the profitability of your business. Captions can be used to explain the products of the business you offer. Various products can be accessed by social media users.

🌳🌳Characteristics of caption text

There are also characteristics of caption text that are rarely known by people. Among them are:

• Short text
• Free to use any tenses
• Does not explain the image that is clearly visible
• No name unless required
• Can contain motivation, gossip, advice and others

🌳🌳Generic structure of caption 

1. The title
2. The lead
3. Section Heading

🌳🌳Language Features 

1. Exclamation
2. Question
3. Adjective Phrase
4. Personal Phrase
5. Simple Present Tense

🌳🌳Rule of Writing a caption? 

1. Supply specific information (Answering 5W1H Question) {by making a caption on the photo, it must be able to answer what the reader wants to know. Like who, where, when etc. usually captions like this are often used by journalists)
2. Use present tense on the first sentence (Use present tense if you want to make a caption in the form of advice or motivational words)
3. Captions are written in a complete sentences
4. Clearly identify the people and location in the photo
5. Identify the person from left to right

🌳🌳Types of English Captions in Current Media

The development of media content both offline and online encourages creativity to visualize the best content. Captions are used to provide more information about an image or to beautify an image.

1. Identification bar : This type of caption only mentions who is in the picture
2. Cutline : This type of caption says who is being drawn and what they are doing
3. Summary : Contains a complete explanation of who is in the picture , what was done, when it happened , where it happened, and why it was done.
4. Expanded : A more complete form of summary, this type of caption also includes how it happened and quotes.
5. Group identification : Same as the type of caption identification bar, only this type is used when the image contains more than one person.
6. Quotes: Contains quotes from someone's words related to the picture.

🌳🌳Example of Caption in English by Type

Understanding captions in English will not be easy to understand without studying the types of captions. The question "what is caption in English" is actually not difficult to answer if we have studied English captions for grade 12 which includes examples of caption text, caption text examples, and examples of English material captions. The point is caption text is explanatory writing on the picture. It has been explained above that there are 6 types of captions in English and their pictures. Now we will give examples of English captions of each based on its type.

A. Example of Caption Identification Bar As explained above that the type of caption identification bar is a type of English caption that only states who is in the picture, for example below.

B. Examples of Cutline 

Captions This type of cutline caption is what we most often find in pictures and writings in newspapers and media, both offline and online. The captin cutline states who is in the picture and what they are doing, for example as shown below.

C. Example of a Caption Summary While in the caption summary, the information we get in the complementary text is more detailed. There is information What, Who, Where, When. Usually the task of making an example of an English 5w 1h caption is in this type of caption or expanded caption.

D. Example of Expanded Caption Next is the caption with the most complete information. This type of expanded caption is a development of the previous caption, especially the summary caption.

An example of the next expanded caption is the following travel photo which depicts the millennium bridge crossing the Theme river in London.

E. Caption Group Identification 

Example The group identification caption looks the same as the caption identification bar example. It's just that the subject is a group of people, for example as below

F. Example of a caption quote While an example of a caption quote is quite easy to find on image media such as Instagram. Quotes have often been used to convey messages indirectly. If accompanied by a picture that matches the contents of the word b if the meaning is stronger, for example below

🌳🌳How to Write a Caption

1. Be descriptive. This first rule is the most important. Tell the reader exactly what is going on in the picture or figure. Why exactly are you including this image? The reader should be able to answer that after reading your caption.

• For instance, if you’re including a picture of a field in a paper about biology, your caption should tell why the field is important to your discussion.

2. If you are describing a table or graph, talk about variables. What does each side of the bar graph represent? Your reader should have enough information from the caption, the key, and the graph to be able to make sense of it without reading your paper.

3. Save humor for elsewhere. Unless you are writing a humorous paper that includes humorous graphics, generally captions are better left serious due to the need for conciseness.

4. Keep it concise. That is, it should be no longer than a paragraph, but really, a sentence should be sufficient, at most. In fact, captions don’t even need to be complete sentences. For a photograph, it’s okay to make it shorter than a sentence, such as “Kayley on the Ferris wheel.”

5. Remove anything that isn’t strictly necessary. For instance, the above caption could have said “Kayley waves her hand on the giant green Ferris wheel,” but the extra information that provides isn’t necessary for the reader to understand what’s going on in the picture.

📌After the explanation of the material from me, all of my friends can watch the video about the caption text below📌

🌻In addition to the video above, there is a video made by myself. let's watch my video🌻

To better understand it, I have practice questions from my teacher from the module. namely the practice 1,2 (page 8-9) & Part E (page 12-13). Let's do it📔📔
📝📝Practise 1:Read out these two captions (text 1 and text 2) loudly and meaningfully and take a note on your notebook if you find some words that you do not understand. Then consult the dictionary

Teks 1

Teks 2

How, do you understand the caption text that you read earlier. Good job. Make it easy to understand the caption text from the image because we can guess it based on the picture given other than that the sentence used is the sentence fact.
Example:

1. Jakartans enjoy a trial run of the first phase of the Jakarta MRT.
2. City-owned PT MRT Jakarta is carrying out a free trial of its new service until March 24.
3. In this Sept. 20, 2018 photo, 5th grade teacher Heather Dalton, center, works with students Julian Ryno, left, and Ma'Kenley Burns

Notice the three sentences quoted from the text. The three sentences are fact sentence, right? You are absolutely right, we usually call it the present sentence. Now, please read the two caption texts and then do the following exercise.

📝📝Practice 2:Read these two captions (text 1 and text 2) one more time. Then answer the following questions for each text. 
1. What is the text about?This question is usually to ask the topic of a text. Topic is always there in the main sentence, which is usually located at the beginning of the sentence. Then we will we can answered The text is about a trial run of the first phase of the Jakarta MRT.
2. Who are in the picture?The question begins with the word "who" so the answer is of course related to the person. Welook at the picture there are a lot of people then we read the text. In the first sentence there is the word “Jakartans” this is the word to say the people of Jakarta. As much as possible The answer to the second question is Jakartans are in the picture.
3. What do they do based on the picture?The question starts with the word "what" and uses the verb "do" then the answer is the activity in the picture, we can also find it in the first sentence because "they" is a pronoun "Jakartans". So answer for question no 3 this is They enjoy a trial run of the first phase of the Jakarta MRT.
4. Where did the picture publish?The question starts with “where” then the answer is related to the place published or the media. We can see at the end of the caption there is the name of the media and Writer. The answer is The picture is published on The Jakarta Post.
5. Why did the writer write the text?Questions starting with the word "why" the desired answer is the reason write down text. Then we can answer to describe pictures of people take the MRT. The writer wrote the text because he wanted to describe a picture of Jakartans enjoy a trial run of MRT.

📝📝E. ExercisesPractise 5: Read these three captions (text 4, 5, and text 6). Then answer the questions that follow each text. 

Teks 4

1. What is the text about?This question is usually to ask the topic of a text. Topic is always there in the main sentence, which is usually located at the beginning of the sentence. Then we will we can answer The text is about SMA 70 Anniversary
2. Who are in the picture?The question begins with the word "who" so the answer is of course related to the person. We'll see the picture there are a lot of people then we read the text. In the first sentence there is the word Ministry So that it can be answered for the second question is the Ministry of Ruraland Ministry of Sports
3. What do they do based on the picture?The question starts with the word "what" and uses the verb "do" then the answer is the activity in the picture, this event is attended by. So the answer to question no 3 is They attended SMA 70 anniversary.
4. Where did the picture publish?The question starts with “where” then the answer is related to the place published or the media. We can see at the end of the caption there is the name of the media and Writer. The answer is The picture is published on SMAN 70 news.
5. Why did the writer write the text?Questions starting with the word "why" the desired answer is the reason write down text. The writer wrote the text because the students of SMAN 70 look so enthusiastic to meet the ministries.

Teks 5

1. What is the text about?
The text is about first-quarter sales by salespeople.

2. What data is given on the right?
The data given on the right is the first quarter sales data by each salesperson

3. What data is given at the bottom?
The data given at the bottom is the name data of the salesperson

4. Who might be interested in this data?
Who may be interested in this data are the production to distribution or other salespeople.

5. Why did the writer write this text?
The reason the author wrote this text is so that readers can find out the number of targets that are obtained in sales.

Teks 6

1. What is the text about?The text describes 7 benefits of mobile learning.
2. How much data is given on this text? There are 7 data provided in this text.
3. What is the benefit of reading text? The benefits that we get from this text are that we know what the benefits of mobile learning are.
4. Whom might be interested in this data?What is the purpose of this text? Those who are interested in the text are students, teachers and even students who use mobile learning systems. The purpose of this text is to tell the readers what are the benefits of mobile learning.

That's all my explanation, I hope it can be understood by all of you. Thank You💚💚🌷🌷