Caption

Penulisan Caption dalam Bahasa Inggris

Caption adalah sebuah text yang muncul atau berada dibawah gambar. Dijaman digital sekarang
ini untuk menemui caption tidaklah sulit, meme adalah salah satu bentuk caption, karena
menampilkan gambar dengan tulisan. Caption terdiri dari beberapa deskripsi kata kata atau
beberapa kalimat . kadang dalam beberapa gambar caption seandainya kata katanya bukan buatan
sendiri maka harus dicantumkan nama penulis aslinya.

Dan kalian harus mengingat bahwa caption yang baik adalah caption yang bernilai positif, berarti
harus memberikan pelajaran moral atau motivasi kepada pembacanya, bahkan ada yang
mengatakan kalau Caption ini mirip dengan poster, kalau poster adalah media cetak caption
biasanya beradar lewat media elektronik atau internet.

Caption termasuk kedalam jenis text atau genre, sehingga penulisan caption juga harus ada
kriterianya. Caption yang bagus secara jelas mengidentifikasikan subject gambar secara jelas
walaupun tidak terlalu detail,karena keterbatasan tempat untuk menulis. Tidak hanya tulisan yang
bagus. Ternyata pemilihan kualitas gambar juga menjadi salah satu syarat agar caption yang kita
buat menarik. Caption dapat berupa kata, kalimat ataupun phrase.

Berikut Adalah Contoh Caption dalam Bahasa Inggris dan Terjemahannya

Tema Caption Education

Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is not a preparation for life;
education is life itself. – John Dewey

Pendidikan adalah sebuah proses social. Pendidikan adalah pertumbuhan. Pendidikan bukan
sebuah persiapan untuk hidup; pendidikan adalah hidup itu sendiri. – John Dewey
 Intelligence plus character – that is the true goal of education – Martin Luther King

Kepandaian dan Karakter – itulah tujuan pendidikan yang sebenarnya – Martin Luther King

Learn to appreciate what you have before time forces you to appreciate what you had

Belajarlah untuk menghormati apa yang kamu punya sebelum waktu memaksamu untuk
menghargai apa yang kamu punya.
 Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace – Confucius

Pendidikan mengembangkan percaya diri. Percaya diri mengembangkan harapan. Harapan

mengembangkan kedamaian. – Confucius

You must make a choice to take a Chance or your life will never change

Kamu harus membuat sebuah pilihan untuk mendapatkan kesempatan atau kehidupanmu tidak
akan berubah.
Exercise
Choose one of the options that you think is the best answer!

Caption 1

1. Who is the author of the text?

A. C.S Lewis

B. The Beatles

C. Queen Elizabeth

D. I.R. Soekarno

E. Donald Trump

2. What is the meaning of “dream”?

A. Impian

B. Tidur

C. Lamunan

D. Angan-Angan

E. Keinginan

3. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To Make Funny

B. To Inform Readers

C. To Educate Readers

D. To Make Surprised

E. To Motivate Readers
4. Why does the caption text above use old man in the picture?

A. To represents of the goal

B. To represents of the dream

C. To represents set the goal

D. To motivate that an old man can reach the dream

E. To inform that an old man can reach dream

Caption 2

5. The word ‘quit’ in the caption above has the closest meaning to _______

A. Move

B. Silent

C. Cry

D. Stop

E. Desperate

6. Which of the following statement is true according to the message in the caption?

A. Every successful person has nothing to do with action; It is neither the matter of moving
nor the matter of quitting.

B. One must quit when they make mistake.

C. If one make mistake, he should quit.

D. Successful people never made mistake

E. Every successful person could have made mistakes in the past.

7. What is expected by the author from the readers after reading this caption?

A. They do not desperate because of mistakes they make.

B. They have spirit to go to the gym, and do more exercises.

C. They stop wasting time.

D. They keep moving with their same mistakes.

E. They quit from their jobs.

8. Who is Conrad Hilton?

A. The subject of the caption

B. The purpose of the caption

C. The author of the caption

D. The attachment of the caption

E. The target of the caption

Caption 3

9. Whom is the caption is mostly addressed to?

A. Those who need beauty solution.

B. Those who need cosmetics.

C. Those who can not run fast.

D. Those who need motivation in doing exercises.

E. Those who want to be fit and have nice appearance.

10. The following statement is true according to the caption, except ______

A. The author of the caption is a woman.

B. The caption contains of self-motivation.

C. Doing exercise is more significant than doing make-up.

D. The author of the caption love doing exercise.

E. The author of the caption is an outstanding motivator.

Caption 4

11. The word ‘appreciate’ in the caption has the closest meaning to _______

A. Respect

B. Motivate

C. Ignore

D. Delay

E. Love

12. The author of the caption wants to share the readers about _______

A. Wisdom

B. Motivation

C. Tips and tricks

D. Achievement
 E. Joke

Caption 5

13. What is the keyword in this caption?

A. Change of life

B. Powerful mind

C. Powerful thing

D. Positive thoughts

E. Start of change

14. How ‘Mind’ becomes powerful according to the author?

A. when we fill it with positive thoughts

B. when we start to change

C. when we fall in love with someone

D. when we learn from our mistakes

E. when we keep moving though we have made a lot of mistakes

Caption 6

15. What does the caption means?

A. It is possible to overcome though it is hard.

B. It is not possible to overcome because it is hard.

C. It is impossible to overcome though it is hard.

D. It is not impossible to overcome though it is not hard.

E. It is possible to overcome though it is not hard.

16. Who may love to read this caption?

A. Someone who needs motivation

B. Someone who is experiencing impossible thing

C. Someone who loves prestige and appreciation

D. Someone who believes that life is hard

E. Someone who is suffering serious financial problems

Caption 7

17. What should we do to change life according to the author?

A. We must not have another choice to change our life.

B. We must change our lifestyle and start new lifestyle.

C. We must have a good chance to make the best choice.

D. We must make a choice and take a chance.

E. We must focus on our choice.

18. The following words describe the content of the caption, except _______

A. Persuasive

B. Suggestive

C. Inspirational

D. Motivational

E. Irrational
Caption 8

19. The author conveys the following statements, except ________

A. Education is a very important and significant mental process.

B. Education is a social process.

C. Education is growth.

D. Education is not a preparation for life.

E. Education is life itself.

20. In this caption the author wants to emphasize that _______

A. Education is social awareness for any citizen.

B. Education is nothing but a social process.

C. Education is not a preparation of life.

D. Education is important thing to consider.

E. Education is part of mental process.

KUNCI JAWABAN

1. A
2. A
3. E
4. D
5. D
6. E
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. E
11. A
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. A
16. A
17. D
18. E
19. A
20. D