Explanatory sample writing
1) Introduction
The bar chart provides information about the amount of electricity
produced annually from alternative energy sources for Turkey, Spain,
and Italy between 1980 and 2010.
(The “bar chart ” is introduced. The verb “shows ” is paraphrased to
“provides information about ”; the words “production ,” “annua l,” and
“renewables ” are changed to “produced ,” “annually ,” and “alternative
sources
of energy, ” respectively. The phrase “from 1980 to 2010 ” is
changed to “between 1980 and 2010 ”.)
2) Overview
Overall, both turkey and Italy had an increase in their annual
electricity production over the given period, whereas the trend for
Spain showed some fluctuations.
(The word “overall ” signals the purpose for writing this paragraph, and
there is a general comparison among the trends using specific vocabulary.)
3) Body paragraph 1
According to the data, Turkey produced slightly above 4 million
Kilowatts of electricity in 1980; however, this amount almost halved a
decade later, when a gradual rise made it reach its highest amount of
electricity production with nearly 4.5 million. On the other hand, Italy
had much lower production of electricity at 2 million Kilowatts at the
beginning of the period, and stabilized until 1990; however, in 2000, it
