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Incorporating Visuals & Writing the Abstract
Week 10
Understanding The Role Of Visuals In A Textbook
The Abstract
Tables
A table, made up of rows and columns, is a fairly simple way to present data involving at least two sets of variables.
Charts
Pie Chart: unlike the table, this pie chart helps the reader draw comparisons by percentages.
Process charts: Because process charts are used to demonstrate a process from beginning to end, they are especially useful for illustrating processes that include decision making. Some process charts use different shapes for different processes and arrows to indicate direction.
Graphs
A graph represents relationships or trends via lines, bars, or dots. Each graph has its own purposes and specific ways of reading for comprehension.
Diagrams
Diagrams can be used in many different ways, but they are especially good for illustrating concepts and processes.
Photographs
Photography is commonly interspersed within many reading materials and has tremendous power to communicate information. “Reading” photographs along with the related text presents a unique set of challenges. However, these questions can help your reader decode, evaluate, and respond to photographic images.
Comics and Cartoons
Comics and cartoons can be an engaging way to connect to and extend the content of reading, but we often need to develop the ability to “read” them in order to gain their full benefit.
Blackboard Resources:
- Assignment dropbox - Handout
Week 9 folder
- Sample essays
Week 10 folder
- Writing an Abstract
- Parts of an Abstract
- Integrating Visuals Effectively
APA Resources
- Citing images
Analysis
http://www.uefap.com/writing/function/funcframabstract.htm
Make sure your graphic does one of the following
1. Visually illustrate a concept such as a cycle or a process
2. Clarify information presented in the text by --presenting it a different way --showing an occurrence, a document, or a situation that was explained in words
3. Add information to make the text content more interesting or richer