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Images and captions are text features which often appear in articles. Writing in complete sentences, explain how images and captions can help you understand the main idea.

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An image can capture the audience’s attention and draw them into the story you are trying to tell because of simple graphics, it has its own story to tell.
Even an image will capture & freeze a moment in time whilst conveying an emotion, expressing a mood, sharing an idea & telling a narrative. All key elements of storytelling.

Captions are there to add new information.
They don't usually repeat the story headline or summary, and avoid stating the obvious elements that are captured in the image. The caption should add context to the image, not just duplicate what the reader already sees.