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 A caption is a short explanation or
description of a picture located near
the picture. Sometime it can be on
either side of the picture, above the
picture, or below the picture.
 The information included in a caption is
very detailed and specific, but short and
to the point. A caption doesn’t always
tell the whole story.
 Social Function is helping the readers or
viewers to understand information that may
not be in a photo/video.
• Who is in the picture? (if 1-5 people, list names
from left to right)
• Where was the picture taken?
• What is happening in the picture? What
happened before or after the picture was taken?
• When did this happen?
• Why did this happen? Why is this picture
important?
• How did this happen?
 C. TYPES OF CAPTION
1. Identification bar : Jenis caption yang hanya
menyebutkan siapa yang berada di gambar

2. Cutline : Jenis caption yang menyebutkan siapa yang berada digambar dan
apa yang dilakukannya.

3. Summary : Berisi penjelasan lengkap tentang siapa yang berada digambar, apa yang
dilakukan, kapan kejadiannya, dimana tempat terjadinya, dan kenapa hal tersebut dilakukan.

4. Expanded : Bentuk lebih lengkap dari summary, jenis caption ini juga memuat
bagaimana kejadiannya dan kutipan.

5. Group identification: Sama seperti jenis caption identification bar,

hanya saja jenis ini digunakan apabila gambar memuat lebih dari satu orang.

6. Quote : Berisi kutipan perkataan seseorang yang berhubungan dengan gambar .

 • Newspapers
• Magazines
• Internet
• Books
• TV
• printed pictures
E. TIPS FOR WRITING CAPTIONS
• Don’t state the obvious. Give some
information that the reader may not
know.
• If a caption is included with a full story
or article, keep it short, only 1-2
sentences.
• If a caption stands alone, without a
story or article, 3-5 sentences would be
appropriate.
• Don’t assume anything, especially if a
picture includes animals. You don’t know
what someone else or something is
thinking!
o A caption goes underneath a photo to identify something or
someone and to give us more information.

A plastic bin was full

to the brim at the
residential housing
complex in a big
city.
 Example 2 : A Caption is beside the picture

In Mexico City
on May, a
student wore a
mask to
protect
himself
against avian
influenza.
G. TASKS 1 : ANALYZE
The following 5 slides are
examples of captions. Check
to see if each caption answers
the five W’s and H and if it is
detailed but short.
 Kyle Busch
waves the
checkered flag
to the crowd
after winning
the NASCAR
Nextel Cup
Food City 500
race in Bristol,
Tenn. in 2009.
 A South Korean
conservative
activist holds
pictures of US
journalists Laura
Ling and Euna
Lee during a
rally denouncing
the North's
detention of the
journalists in
Seoul on June 4,
2009.
 Tiger Woods
celebrates after
chipping in for
eagle on the 11th
hole during the
final round of the
Memorial golf
tournament on
Sunday in
Dublin, Ohio.
Woods won the
event.
H. TASKS 2 :
You will now use the worksheet
(don’t forget to write your name
on your paper!) to write your
own captions for the rest of the
pictures in this PowerPoint.
Remember to use everything
you have learned!