1. Interpreting Graphs and Charts
Common Places: Integrated Reading and Writing
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2. Steps in Analyzing Graphics
1. Read the graphic’s title.
Steps in Analyzing Graphics
2. Read the descriptions in the graphic.
3. Write sentences based on a graph’s details.
4. Draw inferences from your sentences.

3. Study this graph for a few moments.
What information does the title provide?
How do the colors function in the graph?
A significant decline in exports to one country has occurred? Which one?
Study this graph for a few moments.
What inferences can you draw from the information provided by the graph?

4. Study this chart for a few moments.
What information does the title provide?
How do the colors function in the pie chart?
Which of the percentages seems most surprising?
Study this chart for a few moments.
What inferences can you draw from the information provided by the chart?
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5. What information does the title provide?
What do you learn from the footnote? Is it important?
How many hours of moderate exercise per week would those in the first column (red) d0?
Study this chart for a few moments.
Be sure to read the footnote at the bottom of the page.
What inferences can you draw from the information provided by the chart?

6. Study this map for a few moments.
What information does the title provide?
How do the colors function in the map?
There are letters (S and L) used as well as the coloring of the map. What is their purpose?
Study this map for a few moments.
What inferences can you draw from the information provided by the map?

7. The End
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