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Features of An Analytical Paragraph Writing

1. Analytical paragraph writing involves describing information presented in charts, graphs, tables, or other visual data in 100-120 words. 2. An effective analytical paragraph introduces the topic, discusses key details from the visual in the body using relevant statistics, and concludes by summarizing the overall message. 3. Features include stating facts from the visual, using simple language, mentioning figures appropriately, and employing a consistent tense without personal responses.

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Features of An Analytical Paragraph Writing

1. Analytical paragraph writing involves describing information presented in charts, graphs, tables, or other visual data in 100-120 words. 2. An effective analytical paragraph introduces the topic, discusses key details from the visual in the body using relevant statistics, and concludes by summarizing the overall message. 3. Features include stating facts from the visual, using simple language, mentioning figures appropriately, and employing a consistent tense without personal responses.

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Analytical Paragraph writing – 

An analytical paragraph is a form of descriptive writing which


is written on the basis of a given chart, graph, data, outline, clues, table, etc.

The analytical paragraph has to be written in around 100-120 words. So the paragraph must


use clear and crisp language along with providing complete details of the chart given in the
question.

Features of an analytical paragraph writing-


1. It describes the given chart, table, data, graph, cues
etc.
2. It should be brief and comprehensive (include
complete information) at the same time.
3. It should state facts that are provided by the chart.
4. It is necessary to make use of simple and accurate
language.
5. It should mention figures and quantities
appropriately.
6. It is appropriate to use the same tense throughout
the analytical paragraph.
7. No personal observation or response should be
provided.
8. It would be preferable to use the passive form of the
verb.
9. Format of Analytical paragraph writing

10. Introduction
(explain in one or two lines the subject of the graph
given)
11. Body
(explain in detail what the graph is about, use
relevant figures, explain trends, make comparisons
and contrasts, divide into sub paragraphs, if
required)
12. Conclusion
(conclude the paragraph giving the overall view or
summary of the graph)
Useful tips for writing an analytical
paragraph
1. For an introduction, you can start with the following
phrases-
1. The chart given above describes
2. The table suggests
3. The line graph shows
4. The data given provides information about
5. The pie chart illustrates, etc.
2. For describing trends, use phrases and words like- a
pattern of growth, rapidly doubled, skyrocketed,
striking increase, peaked, soaring rates, declined,
plummeted, leveled off, stagnated, fluctuate, starting
to rise, starting to fall, drop down, slightly, etc.
3. For describing quantities, use various styles like- 48%
of, one-third of, nearly one-fourth of, almost 80%,
majority, on average, twice as much, almost equal,
the highest, the lowest, very close to 2%, roughly,
approximately 5% of, just under three percent, etc.
4. For establishing a relationship or contrast, use
phrases and words like- relationship between,
similarly, in contrast with, in comparison to, but in
the opposite case, however, whereas, when it comes
to, as opposed to, while, striking difference,
noticeable difference, etc.
5. For the conclusion and other connecting
phrases use- overall, subsequently, in all, in a
nutshell, for the chart given, in short, striking
changes, including, therefore, etc.
Example Question 2: The chart shows the division of
household tasks by gender in Great Britain. Write an
analytical paragraph describing the chart given in not
more than 200 words.
Answer 2:
The chart shows the number of minutes per day spent by
British men and women in doing household tasks. On an
average, the women spend about four hours doing
household tasks whereas the men spend less than two
and half hours.
The tasks on which women spend more time than men
include cooking, cleaning house, taking care of the
children and laundry. In doing all these tasks, women
spend approximately 200 minutes which is almost three
times the time spent by men in these tasks. On the other
hand, men spend twice the time than women in doing
tasks like gardening and maintenance of odd jobs in the
house. Men spend the highest time, almost 50 minutes,
in gardening and petcare. While the women spend only
30 minutes for these tasks. The time spent by men in
washing, ironing and sewing clothes is as low as 2
minutes per day as opposed to 25 minutes spent by
women.
In short, women spend far more time doing household
chores than men whilst men prefer to do gardening,
petcare and maintaining odd jobs.

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