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Welcome back to my blog. Now, in this blog, I'll share with you about Caption.
I know you all know the caption. But I'll explain it in detail in this blog.
PART 1
DEFINITION
A caption is a short text above or below an image in a book, magazine, or newspaper that describes the image or explains what the person in it did or said.
STRUCTURE
can be :
a. Action, event, or activity.
b. People or things that are involved.
c. Condition, what happened in the picture.
d. who or where the picture was published.
LANGUAGE ELEMENTS
1. Caption text must be short.
2. Caption text, uses noun phrases
3. Caption text, uses verb phrases
MY EXERCISE FROM MODULE:
Practice 1,2 (page 8-9) & part E (page 12-13)
PAGE 8-9
Practice 1 :
Readout these two captions (Text 1 and Text 2) loudly and meaningfully and take a note on your notebook if you find some words that you don't understand. Then consult the dictionary.
Text 1:
What a ride: Jakartans enjoy a trial run of the first phase of the Jakarta MRT, Which connects Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta to the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta, on Tuesday. City-owned PT MRT Jakarta is carrying out a free trial of its new service until March 24, aiming to attract 285,000 passengers. ( The Jakarta Post/Wendra Ajistyatama)
Text 2:
In the Sept 20 2018 photo, 5th-grade teacher Heather Dalton, center, works with students Julian Ryno, left, and Ma'Kenley Burns, doing math problems on the Drean Box system at Charles Barnum Elementary School in Groton, Conn. A wide array of apps, websites, and software used in schools borrow elements from video games to help teachers connect with students living technology-infused lives - AP Photo/Michael Melia
Practice 2: Read these two captions one more time. Then answer the following questions for each text, Write your answer with a complete answer on your notebook.
1. What is the text about?
Answer :
Text 1: The text is about a trial run of the first phase of the Jakarta MRT.
Text 2: The text is about 5th-grade teacher Heather Dalton works with students.
2. Who are in the picture?
Answer :
Text 1: Jakartans are in the picture.
Text 2: Heather Dalton, Julian Ryno, and Ma'Kenley Burns are in the picture.
3. What do they do based on the picture?
Answer :
Text 1: They enjoy a trial tun of the first phase of the Jakarta MRT.
Text 2: They doing math problems on the Dream Box system.
4. Where did the picture published?
Answer:
Text 1: The picture publishes in the Jakarta Post.
Text 2: mThe picture publishes in AP Photo.
5. Why did the writer write this text?
Answer:
Text 1: The writer wrote the text because he wanted to describe a picture of Jakartans enjoys a trial run of MRT.
Text 2: The writer wrote the text because he wanted to describe pictures teachers connect with students living technology-infused lives.
PART E ( PAGE 12-13)
Practice 5:
Read these three captions (text4,5and 6) Then answer the questions that follow each text. Write your answer with a complete answer on your notebook.
Text 4 :
Questions :
1. What is the Text about?
Answer: The text is about SMAN 70's Birthday anniversary.
2. Who are in the picture?
Answer: The ministry of sports and the ministry of rural are in the picture.
3. What do they do based on the picture?
Answer: They attend SMAN 70 anniversary.
4. Where did the picture publish?
Answer: The picture publishes on SMAN 70 News.
5. Why did the writer write this text?
Answer: The writer wrote the text because the students of SMAN 70 look so enthusiastic to meet the ministries.
Text 5:
Questions :
1. What is the text about?
Answer: The text is about first-quarter sales.
2. What data is given on the right?
Answer: Sales.
3. What data is given on the bottom?
Answer: Salesperson.
4. Who might be interested to this data?
Answer: Salesperson.
5. Why did the writer write this text?
Answer: To inform first quarter sales on January to March 2013.
MT YOUTUBE VIDEO,
CAPTION PT1 :
I also explain material on youtube, if you lazy to read, and you don't understand my blog, you can watch my video. Enjoy!
1.Do not use articles such as a, an, or the
2. As much as possible use Present Tenses so that the picture can be described
3. Give the reader information that is not obtained from just looking at the picture
4. The existence of the caption is to complete the photo, not a substitute for the photo
5. Writing the caption does not need to start with the name
6. Writing a caption to indicate an individual, can use the word "from left," NOT "from left to right."
7. No need to write clear words like “Above” and “pictured here”
8. Mention the name in the caption only if the name is really important
9. Start writing a good caption in English with some variations of the following words:
prepositional phrases
infinitive -phrases
participial phrases
adjective phrases
questions
exclamations
Tips for writing a good caption in English above, of course, can't all be used in one photo. There are some that must be adjusted based on the context.
My caption text like as the structure what we learn in my blog Caption text part 1.
MT YOUTUBE VIDEO,
CAPTION PT2 :
I also explain material on youtube, if you lazy to read, and you don't understand my blog, you can watch my video. Enjoy!
PART 3
CONCLUSION :
So what conclusion in this all part?
Caption text is
the caption use noun phrase and verb phrase.
the structure can be action, people or thing condition, what happened on the picture.
a short text above or below an image in a book, magazine, or newspaper that describes the image or explains what the person in it did or said.
MT YOUTUBE VIDEO,
CAPTION PT3:
I also explain material on youtube, if you lazy to read, and you don't understand my blog, you can watch my video. Enjoy!
DAILY ASSESSMENT
