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Setelah mempelajari Bab 3, siswa diharapkan mampu
melakukan hal-hal sebagai berikut:
Membedakan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur
kebahasaan beberapa teks khusus dalam bentuk teks
caption
, dengan memberi dan meminta informasi terkait
gambar/foto/tabel/gra
fi
k/bagan, sesuai dengan konteks
penggunaannya.
Menangkap makna secara kontekstual terkait fungsi
sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan teks khusus
dalam bentuk
caption
terkait gambar/foto/tabel/gra
fi
k/
bagan.
Menyusun teks khusus
dalam bentuk teks
caption
terkait
gambar/foto/tabel/gra
fi
k/bagan, dengan memerhatikan
fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan,
secara benar dan sesuai dengan konteks.
3.3
4.3.1
4.3.2
Creating Captions
Chapter 3
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1.
Can you mention some attitude
problems?
2.
What kind of personality is
dif
fi
cult to handle?
3.
What kind of caption is it?
A caption, also known as a cutline, is a text that appears
below an image. Most captions draw attention to something in
the image that is not obvious, such as its relevance to the text.
Captions can consist of a few words of description, or several
sentences. Along with the title, lead, and section headings,
captions are the most commonly read words in an article, so
they should be succinct and informative.
Captions also include a short title or heading of an
article in a magazine or newspaper. Words shown on a cinema
or television screen to establish the scene of a story are also
called captions. Captions can also be inserted below/above
charts,
fi
gures, graphics and tables.
There are several criteria for a good caption. A good
caption clearly identi
fi
es the subject of the picture without
detailing the obvious. It is succinct. It establishes the picture's
relevance to the article, provides context for the picture, and
draws the reader into the article.
(
Adapted from:
en.m.wikipedia.org)
Task 2:
Observe these pictures and photos.
What are these pictures and photos trying
to say? Answer the questions to help you
understand them better.
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Caption Message
Venue
Caption 1
Not all expectations can be achieved.
Caption 2
Caption 3
Caption 4
Caption 5
Caption 6
Caption 7
Caption 8
Caption 9
.
Task 4:
Have a discussion in pairs.
Back to the captions number 1-9. What
messages are sent by the writers? Where can
you
fi
nd these captions? Discuss with your chair-
mate to
fi
nd the answer. Write down your answer
in the space below.
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Dialog 1
A : Which caption(s) do you like?
B : –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
A : Why do you think so?
B : –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
What about you, which one(s) do you like?
A : I think ______________________________
B : Can you tell me why you like it?
A : –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
B : Do you think the description in caption 1 re
fl
ects
the content of the chart?
A : –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Task 5:
Work in pairs.
Refer to the pictures in previous Task 1 and
complete the blanks with suitable expressions.
Then, play these roles in front of the class.
Dialog 2
A : Which _______________________?
B : I like caption number 4. The font is so interesting and the
combination of black and white colours provides a clear
contrast. What about you, which one do you like the best?
A : I like number 5 best. The yellow colour with the greeny
nature background _____________________________
___________________________________________
B : I like it, too. The words also ______________________
___________________________________________
A: Do you agree with the words written in caption 1?
B: ___________________________________________
A: Why?
B: ___________________________________________
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C. WRITING AND DESCRIBING CAPTIONS
When writing a caption, the
descriptive
words
accompanying
the caption should offer more complete information about the picture.
The words that you choose depend on the message that you want to
send to your reader.
A note to remember:
There are several criteria for a good caption.
A good caption clearly identi
fi
es the subject of the
picture without detailing the obvious. It is succinct.
It establishes the picture's relevance to the picture,
provides context for the picture, and draws the
reader into the message.
So related to the structure of a caption, it can
be written in the form a word(s), phrase(s) or
sentence(s).
Task 1:
What's the caption?
Look at the following picture and write a caption for
the picture.
descriptive words
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Show me your
driving license.
Oh, my
goodness!
Poor
boy!
Task 2:
Work in groups.
Now, sit in groups of four. Bring a picture from
home and make four copies. Distribute them to
your friends and ask them to write a caption on
each picture.
From the picture above, you can create different kinds of
caption. You can write
“Poor boy!”
to show your sympathy to the
boy. You can also write down,
“Show me your driving license.”
to
create a satire commenting on the police of
fi
cer. You might want to
write,
“Oh, my goodness!”
to echo the boy’s mind why the police
should stop him while he is only riding his bicycle or the police is
thinking why the boy wears a safety helmet for a motor rider. Many
other expressions are possible. You can also put the words in
different positions to create the best layout.
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D.REFLECTION
At the end of this chapter, ask yourself the
following questions to know your learning
progress.
1. Do you know why people write captions?
2. Where do you usually
fi
nd captions?
3. What can make people understand the
messages in captions?
4. Do you know how to write texts
accompanying captions?
5. What can you learn from this chapter?
6. Do you have any dif
fi
culties in
understanding and writing captions?
If you answer "no" to any of the questions
above, please discuss it with your friends or
consult it with your teacher.