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The document provides guidance on how to interpret charts and graphs, emphasizing the importance of reading accompanying text and analyzing the organization of the graphics. It outlines three basic types of graphs: tables, graphs (including line, bar, and pie charts), and diagrams (such as flowcharts and pictograms). Understanding these visuals is crucial for enhancing reading comprehension and extracting essential information from texts.

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interpretingchartsandgraphs

The document provides guidance on how to interpret charts and graphs, emphasizing the importance of reading accompanying text and analyzing the organization of the graphics. It outlines three basic types of graphs: tables, graphs (including line, bar, and pie charts), and diagrams (such as flowcharts and pictograms). Understanding these visuals is crucial for enhancing reading comprehension and extracting essential information from texts.

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Interpreting Charts and Graphs

RDNG 0361
Reading Charts and Graphs
 Reading comprehension involves more than
just reading words. Authors also use visual
images such as photographs, cartoons, and
graphics to relay ideas.
 Graphics give a great deal of information in a
smaller space than it would take to write the
ideas in the form of words. The following
suggestions will help you understand the
general format of a graphic.
1. Read the words printed with the graphic.
A graphic has a main idea and supporting details,
just as a paragraph does.
 Read the title or caption.
 Note the source. (Who published the ideas in the
graphic? Are they a trusted authority?)
 Read any footnotes. (Do they explain what any
numbers or headings mean?)
 Read the labels. (Do they tell what the columns
and rows represent?)
2. Analyze the graphic. The way it is
organized and any trends or patterns are
important information you need to be aware of.
3 Basic Types of Graphs
1. Tables allow the reader to classify and
compare the given facts.
3 Basic Types of Graphs
2. Graphs show the relationship between two or
more sets of ideas. The most common types
of graphs you will come across in your
reading are line graphs, bar graphs, and pie
charts.
Most Common Types of Graphs
 Line graphs plot two or more sets of facts on
vertical and horizontal axes.
 A bar graph presents a set of bars. Each bar
stands for a specific quantity, amount or
measurement. Seeing the bars together
allows us to compare the quantity represented
by each bar.
 A pie chart shows a whole group as a circle
and divides the circle into smaller units that
look like slices of a pie. Each smaller slice is a
part, percentage, or fraction of the whole. Pie
graphs are used to show proportions and the
importance of each smaller unit in relation to
the whole.
3 Basic Types of Graphs
3. Diagrams are graphics that explain in detail
the relationships between the parts of an
idea to the whole idea. Diagrams include
flowcharts, pictograms, and drawings.
 A flowchart is a
diagram that shows a
step-by-step process.
Each step or phase of
the process is typically
shown in a box or circle,
and the shapes are
connected with lines and
arrows to show the
proper order or flow of
the steps.
 A pictogram is a diagram that uses pictorial
forms to represent data. Usually statistics are
used in pictograms.
 A drawing is an artist's illustration of a process
or idea. The drawing shows the relationships
among all the details in the picture. Often these
drawings are dependent on the accompanying
text, and an effective reader must move back
and forth between the drawing and text for full
understanding.
Importance of Charts and Graphs
 Textbook space is at a premium. An author
would not include a chart or graphic if it
wasn't important. So, if you want to be a
strong reader and increase your
comprehension, do not skip over the
graphic, charts, and tables. They contain
important information, and you need to
read them carefully and ask yourself, "How
does the information shown in the chart,
graphic, or table support the material I am
reading?"

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