WHAT IS A CAPTION TEXT? A caption is a short descriptive or explanatory text, usually one or two sentences long, which accompanies a photograph, picture, map, graph, pictorial illustration, figure, table or some other form of graphic content contained in a book or in a newspaper or magazine article . A c aption is a text that appear s below an image .
Students in a lab . (x) A student, standing in the STEPS Simulation Lab, practices using a blood pressure cuff on a seated student. (V)
A lab classroom with students . (x) Students in the School of Pharmacy benefit from hands-on experience in real-life labs. (v)
WRITE THE CAPTION TEXT OF THIS IMAGE!
WRITE THE CAPTION TEXT OF THIS IMAGE!
WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF CAPTION TEXT? 1. to help readers or viewers to evaluate information 2. to explain what is shown in a picture or illustration . 3. to draw attention to something in the image that is not obvious , such as its relevance to the text. 4. to convey additional information that is not present in the image itself , or information that is not directly related to the image.
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF CAPTION TEXT? 1. IDENTIFICATION CAPTION 2. GROUP CAPTION 3. STORY-TELLING CAPTION 4.SUMMARY CAPTION 5.QUOTE CAPTION 6. CUTLINE CAPTION 7. EXPANDED CAPTION
IDENTIFICATION CAPTION : Caption text is usually used to explain or identify the person in the photo. Identification caption text emphasizes the clarity
GROUP CAPTION : Group Caption is used to explain multiple pictures. The information should be at least a sentence for each picture.
STORY-TELLING CAPTION : Story-telling caption is used to tell a story behind the picture.
SUMMARY CAPTION : Summary Caption explains the subject in the photo, the event and the location of the photo , the time when the photo was taken, and the reason why it happened.
QUOTE CAPTION : Quote caption contains quotations from someone in the image.
CUTLINE CAPTION : Cutline caption explains the subject in the image and what the subject is doing.
EXPANDED CAPTION : E xpanded Caption is the most complete caption type. It is the development from the summary caption.
Exercises of CAPTION : Write the captions for these images: 1.
Exercises of CAPTION : Write the captions for these images: 2.
Exercises of CAPTION : Write the captions for these images: 3.
Exercises of CAPTION : Write the captions for these images: 4.
Exercises of CAPTION : Write the captions for these images: 5.