Academic Writing

Describing Charts

When describing a chart the writers views about the various situations shown are not expressed.Only an objective description is expected.

• The value represented by charts can be expressed "There is a 12% increase of expenditure on Education."
• Two variables can be compared "Expenditure on health was slightly more than the expenditure on Education"
• When describing the various shapes of the graph following adverbs may be useful.                                  

•  A Considerable…
•  A Sharp…
•  A Significant…
• A Substantial…
• A Moderate…
• 7.A Slight…
• dramatically
• considerably
•  sharply
• substantially
• moderately