Paragraphs to Describe Graphs and Charts . . Often in academic writing, students will use information and facts presented in charts and graphs to support the topic sentence of their paragraph. Often, the data presented in a graph or table show change over time. There are specific verbs, adjectives and adverbs that can help you describe these changes. For example: Verbs for describing how data have changed: to increase to remain (unchanged) to decrease to go up to be steady to go down to rise to plateau to decline to climb to drop Adjectives and adverbs to describe how fast the change occurred: sharp steady sharply dramatic gradual dramatically significant slight significantly You can describe the changes Jane's LINC Class: Average Daily Attendance, by Month presented in the graph in two ways: 30 From October to December, 25 attendance decreased steadily. or From October to December, there was a steady decrease in attendance. Sept Months Number of Students 20 15 10 5 0 Oct Nov Dec 1 Write a paragraph to describe the bar graph above. Write three details to support the topic sentence. Topic sentence: Average attendance in Jane's LINC class followed a distinct pattern over time