I am indebted to former students for many of the ideas contained on this page.
Captions Take Different Shapes Talking captions continue to plague the student.
Perhaps, if we give more examples and exercises, that will help. Remember that captions, as our textbook author points out, come in many shapes. Blake and Bly in their materials recommend talking captions as one of the strongest ways to present ideas. You want your reader to be grabbed as the person is scanning the text, whether a memo or a long, formal report. Let me provide you with a paragraph, and you write the talking caption.