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The Vocabulary of Graphs and Charts
The Vocabulary of Graphs and Charts
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The Vocabulary of Graphs and ChartsThere are a number of different types of graphs and charts including:
• Line Charts and Graphs
• Bar Charts and Graphs
• Pie Charts
• Exploded Pie Charts
Line charts and bar charts have a vertical axis and a horizontal axis. Each axis is
labeled to indicate what type of information it contains. Typical information
included on vertical and horizontal axis include:
• age - how old
• weight - how heavy
• height - how tall
• date - which day, month, year, etc.
• time - how much time is required
• length - how long
• width - how wide
• degrees - how hot or cold
• percentage - a portion of 100%
• number - number
• duration - the length of time required
There are a number of specific words and phrases used to describe and discuss
graphs and charts. This vocabulary is especially important when presenting to
groups of people. Much of the language of graphs and charts relates to
movement. In other words, the language of graphs and charts often speaks of
small or large movement or differences between various data points. Refer to this
language of graphs and charts to help improve your ability to speak about graphs
and charts.
The following list the verb and noun used to speak about positive and negative
movements, as well as predictions. Example sentences are found after each
section.
Positive
• to climb - a climb
• to ascend - an ascent
• to rise - a rise
• to improve - an improvement
• to recover - a recover
• to increase - an increase
• Sales have climbed over the past two quarters.
• We've experienced a rise in consumer demand.
• Consumer confidence recovered in the second quarter.
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