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How To Write Caption Text

Tips To Write Captions :

-Do not begin with the words a, an or the

-Use present tense to describe action in photo

-Give readers information they cannot get from just looking at a photo

-A caption should complete the photo. The reader should not have to look at the story but should want to look at the story

-Write captions so they go from spesific to general or general to spesific

-Do not begin a caption with names

-When identifying members of a group, write "from left" not "form left to right"

-"Above" and "picture here" are unnecessary

-Captions should no repeat information contained in the lead

-Name people only if they are important to the picture

Example :

Picture 1

A nurse takes a swab sample from a patient at the Tanah Abang district office in Central Jakarta on June 21. Swab tests, also called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, use muscus samples taken from the nose or throat to detect COVID-19. (JP/P.J.Leo)

Picture 2

Wearing a hamzat suit, a member of a Transjakarta community holds up a sign with updated data on the number of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta to raise awareness on health protocols within the Harmoni bus shelter in Jakarta on July 17. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)

EXERCISE

Practice 1 (page 15) & Part D (page 17)

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