UVW 312 – English for Technical Communication

WEEK 4 – Graphics and Visuals

Exercise.
Answer the following questions.
1. In your own words, what do you understand about graphics and visuals? State FOUR (4)
examples of graphics and visuals which can be used in technical writing.
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2. How can graphics and visuals contribute in technical writing?
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3. State TWO (2) guidelines on using colours effectively in preparing technical documents.
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4. What are the things that you need to consider when you are constructing graphics in preparing
a document?
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5. State the differences between the graphics stated.
a) Formal table vs. Verbal table
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b) Photograph vs. Diagram
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6. Suggest the best graphic to use for presenting the situations below.

a) Ismail is giving a PowerPoint presentation to his manager on the sales figures of Honda City
at their local division. In January, there were 111 cars; in April, there were 87 cars; in July, there
were 98 cars; in October, there were 126 cars and now, 133 cars.

b) Azira must show her biology instructor the structure of an animal cell anatomy and the
location of mitochondrion, golgi body, nucleus and cytoplasm.

c) Saedah is designing a website for the language centre she is working at. She wants to show
how interactive and fun the students were in the language classrooms.
 d) Saifuddin wrote a financial report to his boss on how the budget was spent for the program
that they organized last month. Overall, they spent $2,500 on accommodation, $1,800 on food,
$400 on course materials, $300 on transport and $250 on other things.

7. Label the lines with the given expressions:

fluctuate drop steeply increase go up slightly remain stable increase

gradually sharply

go down a sink suddenly rise reach a peak decline gently stay the same
little dramatically

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8. The line chart below shows the performance of food and beverage industry in Malaysia
from year 2000- 2010.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the most outstanding main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.

You should write not more than 180 words.

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9. The pie charts below show the proportion of males and females in various manual and
non-manual occupations.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the most outstanding main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.

You should write not more than 180 words.