Chapter Two:

CAPTION
Learning
Objectives
AFTER LEARNING THIS
CHAPTER, THE STUDENTS - Comprehend the CAPTION
ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE text
TO:

- Analyze the social function,

text structure, and language
features of CAPTION, based
on the context
- Write the CAPTION text
with good social function, text
structure,and language
features based on the context
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Let’s
get
started
Watch this fragment of movie, and
guess the dialog of the characters.

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“
“The two most important days in
your life are the day you are born
and the day you find out why”

- Mark Twain

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See
the
pics
What is a
caption?
▫ A caption is a short explanation or description
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. Your audience
will listen to you or read the content, but won’t do
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both.
Example of a caption

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Where can you
see captions?
▫ Newspaper
▫ Magazines
▫ internet
▫ Books
▫ TV
▫ Most printed material with
pics

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Why are captions
important?

▫ Captions ▫ People look at headlines and ▫ Captions are another way

describe what pictures to decide what they
the reader sees want to read in the
in front of newspaper. If a picture
him/her. grasps their attention, they
will read the caption. If the
caption is interesting to
them, they will read the
article.
to tell the news. Captions
add color and make the
newspaper more
interesting.Captions can
also show emotion.

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A picture is
worth a thousand
words
.

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What should a
caption include?
How did this
happen

Who is in the pic?

If 1-5 people list Where was the pic What is happening When did this Why the pic is
name from right to taken? in the pic? happen important
left

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Tips for writing
caption
1. 2. 3.
Second Last
First
If a caption If a caption
Give some
is included stands alone,
information
with a full without a
that the
story or story or
reader may
article, keep article, 3-5
not know.
it short, only sentences
1-2 would be
sentences. appropriate.
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Let’s review some
concepts
Yellow Blue Red
Is the color of gold, butter and ripe Is the colour of the clear sky and the Is the color of blood, and because of
lemons. In the spectrum of visible deep sea. It is located between violet this it has historically been
light, yellow is found between green and green on the optical spectrum. associated with sacrifice, danger and
and orange. courage.

Yellow Blue Red

Is the color of gold, butter and ripe Is the colour of the clear sky and the Is the color of blood, and because of
lemons. In the spectrum of visible deep sea. It is located between violet this it has historically been
light, yellow is found between green and green on the optical spectrum. associated with sacrifice, danger and
and orange. courage.

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