Caption What Is Actually Shown

Supplied materials

• Paper and a pencil. You can draw a figure and tell or type a caption.
• Read this example: The complete original picture description says: “A child holds a red cup.” Which caption stays within the shown evidence? Supplied candidates: (A) A child holds a red cup (B) The child has never done this before (C) The child is definitely the happiest person in town (D) The child will repeat this action tomorrow.
• Try this question: The complete original picture description says: “A child points to a tall tree.” Which caption stays within the shown evidence? Supplied candidates: (A) A child points to a tall tree (B) The child has never done this before (C) The child is definitely the happiest person in town (D) The child will repeat this action tomorrow.

Learn the idea

A caption describes a picture. Use the objects and actions named in the description. If you add feelings, future events or a made-up history, label them as part of an imagined story.

Reason through the supplied case: The evidence directly describes a child who holds a red cup. The supported caption repeats that visible action without inventing a feeling, a future event or a past history. An imagined story could add those ideas only if labeled as invention.

An imaginative story can be valuable, but label invented details. A visual description alone does not prove someone’s private emotion, biography or later actions.

1. Read the description of the child holding a red cup. Find the action and object it names.
2. Explain why “A child holds a red cup” matches the description, while a claim about tomorrow does not.
3. Try the question and all three practice questions before checking their answers.
4. Draw a figure holding an object, then write one factual caption and one clearly labeled imagined story sentence.
5. Check your work: The factual caption matches the drawing; the imagined sentence is explicitly identified as invention.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

Try one more question: The complete original picture description says: “A child looks toward a gate.” Which caption stays within the shown evidence? Supplied candidates: (A) A child looks toward a gate (B) The child has never done this before (C) The child is definitely the happiest person in town (D) The child will repeat this action tomorrow. Answer: A child looks toward a gate. The evidence directly describes a child who looks toward a gate. The supported caption repeats that visible action without inventing a feeling, a future event or a past history. An imagined story could add those ideas only if labeled as invention. Now make your own work: Draw a figure holding an object, then write one factual caption and one clearly labeled imagined story sentence. Check your work: The factual caption matches the drawing; the imagined sentence is explicitly identified as invention.

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