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Writing Effective Newspaper Captions

This document discusses captions and provides guidance on writing effective captions. It defines a caption as a short description of a picture, notes that captions can be placed near, above, or below the picture. The document advises that captions should be detailed yet concise, and answer the five Ws and H: who, what, when, where, why, and how. It provides examples of captions that effectively summarize racing, golf, and health pictures. In the assignment, the reader is prompted to write their own picture caption.

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Writing Effective Newspaper Captions

This document discusses captions and provides guidance on writing effective captions. It defines a caption as a short description of a picture, notes that captions can be placed near, above, or below the picture. The document advises that captions should be detailed yet concise, and answer the five Ws and H: who, what, when, where, why, and how. It provides examples of captions that effectively summarize racing, golf, and health pictures. In the assignment, the reader is prompted to write their own picture caption.

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Picture 1

Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
 A caption is a short explanation or
description of a picture located near
the picture.
 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. A caption
often accompanies a story.
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Internet
• Books
• TV
• most print material
that has pictures
• Captions describe what the reader sees in
front of him/her.
• People look at headlines and pictures to
decide what they want to read in the
newspaper. If a picture grasps their
attention, they will read the caption. If the
caption is interesting to them, they will read
the article.
• Captions are another way to tell the news.
• Captions add color and make the newspaper
more interesting.
• Captions can also show emotion.
• 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?
ANALYZE
The following 3 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 flag
to the crowd
after winning
the NASCAR
Nextel Cup
Food City 500
race in Bristol,
Tenn. in 2009.
Tiger Woods
celebrates after
finishing the
final round of
the Memorial
golf tournament
on Sunday in
Dublin, Ohio.
Woods won the
event.
In Mexico
City in
May, a
student
wore a
mask to
protect
himself
against
swine flu.
ASSIGNMENT
Please write a caption based
on your own picture!

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