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    The document defines a caption as text below an image that briefly describes or introduces the image. It provides tips for writing good captions, such as including specific details like who, what, when, where to answer basic questions and writing in complete sentences. The document also describes different types of captions, including identification, cutline, summary, and expanded captions. It gives basic guidelines for creating accurate photo captions, such as getting information directly from subjects and checking spelling of names.

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    What Is Caption?

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    The document defines a caption as text below an image that briefly describes or introduces the image. It provides tips for writing good captions, such as including specific details like who, what, when, where to answer basic questions and writing in complete sentences. The document also describes different types of captions, including identification, cutline, summary, and expanded captions. It gives basic guidelines for creating accurate photo captions, such as getting information directly from subjects and checking spelling of names.

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    The document defines a caption as text below an image that briefly describes or introduces the image. It provides tips for writing good captions, such as including specific details like who, what, when, where to answer basic questions and writing in complete sentences. The document also describes different types of captions, including identification, cutline, summary, and expanded captions. It gives basic guidelines for creating accurate photo captions, such as getting information directly from subjects and checking spelling of names.

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    What Is Caption?

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    The document defines a caption as text below an image that briefly describes or introduces the image. It provides tips for writing good captions, such as including specific details like who, what, when, where to answer basic questions and writing in complete sentences. The document also describes different types of captions, including identification, cutline, summary, and expanded captions. It gives basic guidelines for creating accurate photo captions, such as getting information directly from subjects and checking spelling of names.

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    Caption

    By: Carissa Zayyanti A.P


    XII IIS 1 / 08

    What is caption?
     A caption, also known as a cutline, is text that appears
    below an image.
     A caption is a brief description, heading, or title that
    identifies or introduces a document, graphic, photograph, or
    table.
     Captions can consist of a few words of description, or
    several sentences.
     A caption helps the readers to understand more information
    that might not be present in photos.

    how to make a good


    caption
    1. Supply specific information (Answering 5W 1H question)
    2. Use present tense on the first sentence
    3. Caption are written in a complete sentences
    4. Clearly identify the people and location in the photo
    5. Identify the person from left to right
    6. No need to write clear words like "Above" and "pictured
    here"
    7. Mention of the name in the caption only if the name is
    really important
    8. Start writing good captions in English with some word
    variations Following :
     Prepositional phrases
     infinitive -phrases
     participial phrases
     adjective phrases
     questions
     exclamations
    But Tips for writing a good caption in English above certainly
    can not be all used in one photo. There are several things to
    adjust based on the contecation.

    Kinds of caption
     Identification bar : This type of caption only mentions who
    is in the picture Cutline : This type of caption mentions
    who is drawn and what is Doing
     Summary : Contains a complete explanation of who is
    drawn, what is when it happened, where it happened, and
    why it happened performed.
     Expanded : The form is more complete than summary, this
    type of caption also contains how it happened and the
    quote.
     Group identification: Same as the type of caption
    identification bar, it's just this type   when the image
    contains more than one person.
     Quote: Contains a quote of someone's words related to the
    image.
    Basic guidelines for creating photo captions
    1. Get all the information yourself, don't rely on others.
    2. One's name must be clear, check and read more spelling. 
    3. If the event is an event that has been scheduled to ask for
    everything related to the schedule of the event, speech, the
    name of the person in the event.
    4. Ask for the name and phone number of the person who is
    our subject.
    5. Do not ask someone's name to someone else, unless the
    person is the husband or wife in question or Public Relation
    and the person designated as Public Relations, For spot
    news events, asking the person during the incident may be
    troublesome. Try to get your name and number
    6. the phone of the officer or perpetrator who was in the
    incident, for further information.

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