ASSIGNMENT M4 LA 2
Instructions
As an assignment, you will compare three types of captions from newspapers or magazines, by stating the similarities and differences of the three news reports in regard to (1) social functions, (2) text structures, and (3) lexico-grammatical features, based on the analyses you have done previously.
Here are the steps you need to follow:
- First, focus only on the social functions, then, identify the similarities and differences.
- Second, focus only on the text structures, then, identify the similarities and differences.
- Third, focus only on the lexico-grammatical features, then, identify the similarities and differences.
- Finally, make a summary to compare the three texts. Then, make your own conclusion about photo captions in English.
Three Captions:
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Picture
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Caption
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1
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Source: https://photo.sindonews.com/view/29231/asian-games-2018-telah-usai-booth-asian-fest-dibongkar
Headline:
Asian Games was over; the booths of Asian Feast were dismantled.
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Workers dismantled a number of Asian Fest booths at Bung Karno Stadium Sports Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, 3rd September 2018. After hosting Asian Games, Jakarta will host Paragames in October 2018.
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2
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Source: https://photo.sindonews.com/view/29321/manfaatkan-gas-bumi-wujudkan-daya-saing-industri-nasional
Headline:
Utilizing Natural Gas to improve the competitiveness of national industries
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Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) officials monitored natural gas fires in one of the stoves, when gas in or natural gas flow was first at a coffee factory owned by PT Supresso Global Indonesia, in Purwosari Pasuruan, East Java, Thursday, 13th September 2018. PGN supplies 10,000-50,000 cubic meters (m3) of natural gas to facilitate and reduce production costs, especially fuel, in every coffee production activity at the plant.
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3
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Headline:
Mural art by Ledania decorated Taman Ismail Marzuki
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A mural art by the muralist of Colombia, Ledania, adorned the Taman Ismail Marzuki, Cikini, Jakarta, on Tuesday 11 September 2018.
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1. The Social Function of Captions
Differences and Similarities Aspects
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Caption 1
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Caption 2
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Caption 3
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- Who/What is the highlight of the caption?
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Asian Games was over; the booths of Asian Feast were dismantled
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Utilizing Natural Gas to improve the competitiveness of national industries
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Mural art by Ledania decorated the buildings at Taman Ismail Marzuki
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- How is the picture contextualized?
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The circumstances surround the event:
- Number of Asian Games booths
- Truck
- Broken banners
- Tents
- Some workers
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The circumstances surround the event:
- Pipe for natural gas flow
- Big stove at coffee factory
- An official in charge
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The circumstances surround the event:
- Mural Paintings
- Colorful wall/ Building
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- How does the caption relate to the headline?
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The headline is “Asian Games was over; the booths of Asian Feast were dismantled.”
After hosting the 2018 Asian Games, some workers dismantled the Asian Feast booths at the Bung Karno Stadium Sports Complex, Jakarta.
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The headline is “Utilizing Natural Gas to improve the competitiveness of national industries.”
Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk is a state- owned company that concerned for utilizing natural gas to facilitate and reduce production costs especially fuel at coffee factory.
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The headline is “Mural art by Ledania decorated the buildings at Taman Ismail Marzuki”
The creator of mural art that adorned Taman Ismail Marzuki is Ledania, a muralist from Colombia.
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2. The Text Structures of Captions
Differences and Similarities Aspects
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Caption 1
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Caption 2
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Caption 3
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What about
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Asian Feast booths
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Natural Gas
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Mural painting
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Who/what
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workers
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Perusahaan Gas Negara
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Ledania, muralist from Colombia
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Do
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dismantled
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utilizing
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adorned
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Where
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at the Bung Karno Stadium Sports Complex, Jakarta.
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PT Supresso Global Indonesia, in the Purwosari Pasuruan, East Java.
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Taman Ismail Marzuki, Cikini, Jakarta.
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With what
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Some tools
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PGN supplies 10,000-50,000 cubic meters (m3) of natural gas
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Mural paintings
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When
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Monday, 3rd September 2018
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Thursday, 13th September 2018
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on Tuesday 11 September 2018.
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What for
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Preparation for Paragames on October 2018
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reducing production costs, especially fuel, in coffee production activity
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City decoration
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3. The Lexico-Grammatical Features of Captions
Differences and Similarities Aspects
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Caption 1
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Caption 2
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Caption 3
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Complete Sentence
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Workers dismantled a number of Asian Feast booths at Bung Karno Stadium Sports Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, 3rd September 2018. After hosting Asian Games, Jakarta will host Paragames in October 2018.
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Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) officials monitored natural gas fires in one of the stoves, when gas in or natural gas flow was first at a coffee factory owned by PT Supresso Global Indonesia, in Purwosari Pasuruan, East Java, Thursday, 13th September 2018. PGN supplies 10,000-50,000 cubic meters (m3) of natural gas to facilitate and reduce production costs, especially fuel, in every coffee production activity at the plant.
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A mural art by the muralist of Colombia, Ledania, adorned the Taman Ismail Marzuki, Cikini, Jakarta, on Tuesday 11 September 2018.
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Simple Past
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ü dismantled
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ü monitored
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ü adorned
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Simple Present
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ü supplies
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FutureTense
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ü will host
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Prepositional phrase
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at Bung Karno Stadium, in October 2018
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in one of the stoves, at coffee factory, in Purwosari, in every coffee production activity
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by the muralist,
on Tuesday
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Bold Characters
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Asian Feast Booths
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Natural Gas
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Mural arts
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4. Summary and conclusion
Summary
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Based on the analyze above, it can be summarized that:
- The three captions showed us interesting pictures in accordance with the content, and the headline made us want to read further.
- The three captions have showed the information regarding the text structure. The content seems to have same structure such as the subject involved, the event, and the details of the event.
- All the captions have similar lexico grammatical such as the using of complete sentence, the tenses based on context and bold characters.
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Conclusion
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The captions have brief explanation for the published photographs or pictures.
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