Caption #3

TUJUAN PEMBELAJARAN

Peserta didik dapat membedakan, menangkap makna dan menyusun teks khusus dalam bentuk caption terkait gambar/foto/tabel/grafik/bagan, dengan memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan, secara benar dan sesuai konteks dengan mandiri.

Look at the following picture and its caption.

The Care19 mobile app, which the governors of North Dakota and South Dakota have asked residents to download to assist in contact tracing during the global outbreak of the COVID-19, is seen on a phone, US April 24, 2020.Israel’s parliament voted on Monday to allow the country’s domestic intelligence agency to track the cellphones of coronavirus carriers for the rest of the year amid a resurgence in new cases. (REUTERS/Paresh Dave)

Based on the caption above can you explain:

1.           What does the caption tell you about?

2.           Where and when is the picture taken?

3.           What is caption?

4.           What is the function of the caption?

5.           What elements can you find from the caption?

Write your answer in your note book.

What is Caption?

When you read newspapers or magazines, you will see pictures or images and there is a text below the picture/image. The text describing the picture/image is called caption. It helps us understand what the picture/image is about. Captions can be found below or beside pictures, images, charts, tables, photographs, and graphs. In other words, caption is a brief description accompanying an illustration. It can consist of a few words of description or several sentences.

Social function of caption

1. To explain what is shown in a picture or illustration
2. To identify the subject of the picture
3. To draw attention to something in the image that is not obvious
4. To help the reader understand information

Parts of Caption

1. Lead

It is the title of the caption. It can be a noun phrase or a clause

2. Description

It is the body of the caption. It answers what, who, where, when, why and how the event in the illustration happened and gives information. It is not repetition of the lead. It can be written in one, two  or three sentences.

Language features

• Begin with a prepositional phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, adjective phrase, question, exclamation, or play on words. Don’t start with articles (a, an and the)
• Prepositional (at, on, in, to, of, before, after, by, behind, for, from, over, under) phrase:

Examples: In the morning, about moving class, during English lesson, under the table, with a good will

• Infinitive phrase:

Example: I want to eat pizza for my dinner. I told the dog to run home quickly

• Adjective phrase:

Examples: The movie was not too good to watch, this cake is very delicious and extremely expensive

• Participial phrase
• Present participial phrase

Example: The girl, smiling and waving her hand came to me.

• Looking at me angrily, I don’t like the man
• Past participial phrase

Example: Located at the strategic place, SMANDA is a favorite school

• Use present tense to describe the action in the photo
• Never start the description with names
• The words “above” and “pictured here” are unnecessary

 

Types of caption

1. Identification Bar

It clearly identifies any people in the photo, but do not tell a story.

(Hanya menyebutkan subjek yang ada pada foto atau gambar).

 2. Cutline

Menyebutkan subjek yang ada pada foto atau gambar, beserta dengan aktivitas yang dilakukannya.

 3. Summary

Jenis caption ini meliputi subjek pada gambar, kegiatan yang dilakukan, waktu kejadian, lokasi kejadian dan alasan mengapa kegiatan tersebut dilakukan.

 4. Expanded

Mirip seperti jenis caption summary dengan informasi yang lebih lengkap disertai detil bagaimana kejadian tersebut terjadi dan kutipan jika ada.

5. Group Identification

Hampir sama dengan jenis caption identification namun dengan subjek pada gambar yang lebih dari satu orang.

6. Quote

Berisi tentang kutipan dari perkataan seseorang yang berhubungan dengan gambar

 

Examples of caption:

Let me help you: A mother helps her son get tested by Relawan Indonesia Bersatu Lawan Covid-19 (Indonesian Volunteers United Against COVID-19) at the Kampung Rambutan terminal in Jakarta on June 4. Public minivan drivers and sanitation workers also took the test that day. (JP/P.J. Leo)

People wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 sit in a park in Jakarta on Aug. 22. (REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)