Caption Text Part 2 & 3

 Caption Text Pt.2 & 3

Types of English Captions in Current Media

The development of media content both offline and online encourages creativity to visualize the best content. Captions are used to provide more information about an image or to beautify an image. Currently, there are several types of writing complementary images that can be referred to as captions, quoted from brainly, namely:

1. Identification bar: This type of caption only mentions who is in the picture

2. Cutline: This type of caption says who is being drawn and what they are doing

3. Summary: Contains a complete explanation of who is in the picture, what was done, when it happened, where it happened, and why it was done.

4. Expanded: A more complete form of summary, this type of caption also includes how it happened and quotes.

5. Group identification: Same as the type of caption identification bar, only this type is used when the image contains more than one person.

6. Quote: Contains quotes from someone's words related to the image.

Examples of Captions in English by Type

Understanding captions in English will not be easy to understand without studying the types of captions. The question "what is caption in English" is actually not difficult to answer if we have studied English captions for grade 12 which includes examples of caption text, caption text examples, and examples of English material captions. The point is caption text is explanatory writing on the picture

It has been explained above that there are 6 types of captions in English and their pictures. Now we will give examples of English captions of each based on its type.

 

A. Example of Caption Identification Bar

As explained above that the type of caption identification bar is a type of English caption that only states who is in the picture, for example below. This picture of a star posing in front of the Taj Mahal was taken from news18.com

B. Example of Caption Cutline

This type of cutline caption is what we most often find in pictures and writings in newspapers and media both offline and online. The captin cutline states who is in the picture and what they are doing, for example as shown below. The English caption in the image below is taken from thejakartapost.com

C. Example Caption Summary

While in the caption summary, the information we get in the complementary text is more detailed. There is information What, Who, Where, When. Usually the task of making an example of an English 5w 1h caption is in this type of caption or expanded caption. We can find media images, as in the following example taken from thejakartapost.com too

D. Example of Expanded Caption

Next is the caption with the most complete information. This type of expanded caption is a development of the previous caption, especially the summary caption.  An example of a further expanded caption is the following travel photo which depicts the millennium bridge crossing over the Theme river in London. The picture and caption of the English text are taken from viewsinfinitum.com. The caption is quite long, almost like a mini essay, learn it below!

E. Example of Group Identification Caption

The group identification caption looks the same as the identification bar caption example. It's just that the subject is a group of people, for example as below taken from cbc.ca

F. Example caption quote

While the example of this quote caption is quite easy to find on image media such as Instagram. Quotes have often been used to convey messages indirectly. If it is accompanied by a picture that matches the contents of the word b if the meaning is stronger, for example below

Of course, there are still many examples of captions based on their type that we can find in pictures and writings in magazines, newspapers, internet publications and other media. The next step is of course from the examples above, then we can make it ourselves.

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS 1-5

1. What is the text about?

a. Family

b. Friendship

c. Sacrifice

d. Love

ANS: b. Friendship

2. What is te message of it?

a. A friend should care to others

b. As friends must love each other

c. A good family is one who helps each other

d. Who is always loyal to his friend he is the best

ANS: a. A friend should care to others

3. Why does the caption use two cats?

a. Describe two friends who help each other

b. Represents a couple who love each other

c. Describe a family that gets along

d. Represents two friend that one is care each other.

ANS: d. Represents two friend that one is care each other.

4. What does 'jump off' mean in the text above?

a. Relinquish

b. Flee

c. Bound

d. Settle

ANS: c. Bound

5. What type of caption text is included?

a. Quote caption

b. Summary caption

c. Cutline caption

d. Identification caption

ANS: a. Quote caption 

"In this screenshot photo is the result of my daily test scores on the caption text material, I got a pretty satisfactory score with a score of 80! maybe it's just that I answered wrong in some questions"