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Understanding Captions and Their Functions

Captions provide a brief description or explanation of an image, object, or scene. They should be succinct yet informative. Captions can consist of a title, identification of people or objects, and key details about who, what, when, where. There are different types of captions including identification bars, cutlines, summaries, and those that include expanded details or quotes. Captions serve to clarify meaning and prevent misinterpretation, given an image on its own may not provide full context.

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Understanding Captions and Their Functions

Captions provide a brief description or explanation of an image, object, or scene. They should be succinct yet informative. Captions can consist of a title, identification of people or objects, and key details about who, what, when, where. There are different types of captions including identification bars, cutlines, summaries, and those that include expanded details or quotes. Captions serve to clarify meaning and prevent misinterpretation, given an image on its own may not provide full context.

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  • Understanding Captions
  • Different Types of Captions

CAPTION

Name : Reyhan kaila aksam K


No : 31
Class : XII RPL 1
What the meaning of caption?

• Captions can consist of a few words of description, or several


sentences. Along with the title, lead, and section headings, captions are
the most commonly read words in an article, so they should be
succinct and informative
Captions also include a short title or heading of an article in a magazine
or newspaper. Words shown on a cinema or television screen to
establish the scene of a story are also called captions. Captions can also
be inserted below/above charts, figures, graphics and tables.
What is the function of caption
• Caption serves to provide basic information about an object
or image. An object or image does have its own meaning but
it is not very clear. Therefore, the importance of writing a
caption is to explain information about the image or object
and its meaning, so that there is no misinterpretation
Different captions
1. Identification bar
This type of caption only explains who the person in the picture.
Example : “Indonesian actress Agnes Monica attend The 2020 Grammy
award”

2. Cutline
This type of caption only explains who the person in the picture is and
what they do
Example : “Water vendor, Mariato is pulling carts of clean water in
Ciledug, Tangerang”
Different captions
3. Summary
Contains a detailed description of who,what was done,when,where,and why it
happened
Example : President Joko Widodo jumps into the dark sewer in Sudirman on
Saturday during the flood accompanied by several members of the Parliament

4. Expanded
Contains more details than the caption summary by adding how it happened and
adding a quote
Example : Indonesia Embassy in China opens their home to thousand of
Indonesian student. The recent virus outbreak has driven many foreign student
and worker to return home with the help of their government
Different captions
5. Quote
Appendix quotes words related to the picture
Example : “You can only succeed through hard work,” said the Minister
of Education closing the three-day seminar of all Principle from all over
Indonesia
Thank you for reading my summary

CAPTION Name : Reyhan kaila aksam K No : 31 Class : XII RPL 1
What the meaning of caption? • Captions can consist of a few words of description, or several sentences. Along with the titl
What is the function of caption • Caption serves to provide basic information about an object or image. An object or image d
Different captions 1. Identification bar This type of caption only explains who the person in the picture. Example : “Indones
Different captions 3. Summary Contains a detailed description of who,what was done,when,where,and why it happened Example :
Different captions 5. Quote Appendix quotes words related to the picture Example : “You can only succeed through hard work,”
Thank you for reading my summary

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