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Outline guidelines for writing captions in print media

      

Outline guidelines for writing captions in print media

  

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Ruth
• Do not begin with the words a, an or the.
• Use present tense to describe action in a 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 specific to general or general to specific.
• Do not begin a caption with names.
• When identifying members of a group, write “from left,” not “from left to right.”
• “Above” and “pictured here” are unnecessary.
• Captions should not repeat information contained in the lead.
• Name people only if they are important to the picture.
• Vary the way you begin captions, i.e;
-prepositional phrases
-infinitive -phrases
-participial phrases
-adjective phrases
-questions
-exclamations
-play on words
NatalieR answered the question on June 16, 2022 at 06:12


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