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Steps of Describing a Graph

1. Explain the title of the graph

Explaining the title of the graph can be done by using this following template

o Active form:
Shows
This figure

illustrates The title

graph

displays

Example:
i. The figure shows the engineering students joining exchange program

ii. This graph illustrates the engineering students joining exchange program

2. Explain the trend of the graph

Please refer to the table above on the choices of noun/verbs to describe the trend

o The

overall
data
Showed increase

The movement
illustrated ADJ rise
of the data

displayed growth
The trend
of the data

Example:

i. The overall data showed a significant increase

ii. The trend od the data displayed a considerable growth