By: Brian Coates. What is a graphic? A graphic is an image that helps you understand the written information in a text.Some will have captions.

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By: Brian Coates

What is a graphic? A graphic is an image that helps you understand the written information in a text.Some will have captions.

A caption is a small amount of text that is explaining what is shown in the graphic. For example in social Studies some captions you will find is about what’s in Maps,Pictures, and Timelines.

A picture gives you a visual representation of what something looks like. For example in a book there is a picture. But it is also called in illustration.

A map is a drawing of a location.It can be a map of your city or a map on a brochure about where everything is.

A timeline is a list of events organized by the dates in which they happened in.

A flowchart shows the sequence of events. Many scientists use this very often.

A diagram is a drawing with labels. It helps show what something is. It can also provide extra information that isn’t in the text.

A table is a chart that shows information in columns and rows. They can quickly summarize information.

What is Steps in a Process. Steps in a Process is to explain to a reader is how something is done.

Multistep instructions is to tell a reader how to make or do something that contains more than 2 steps.

What is a Character? A character is a person, animal, or thing in a story. For example: Andy said “Wait up!” He has a role in the story so he is a character.

What is a plot? A plot is a sequence of events in a story.

What is a conflict? A conflict is a problem(s) in a story. A story can have several conflicts.

What is a Main Character? A main character is the character the writer focuses on the most of all the characters. And if it is in 1 st person point of view. The person telling the story is usually the main Character.