Types of Charts

Pie chart
Bar chart/graph
Line graph

Describing Movement

Increase Decrease Recover Recovery

Go up Go down Jump Slump

Rise Fall Surge Plummet

Improve(ment) Declined Reach (a point) Approach

Types of Movement

Slight Slightly

Gradual Gradually

Sharp Sharply

Dramatic Dramatically

Major Minor

Movement over Time

There was a gradual decline in sales. Sales declined gradually

(noun usage) (verb usage)

Enrollment increased by 4% in 1997.

There was a 4% increase in enrollment in 1997.

Immigration rose to 800,000 in 1999. Immigration rose by 20,000 in 1999.

(to a point/number) (by increment)

There was a 20% rise in immigration. (percentage)

Taxes remained the same from 2000 to 2001.
Taxes continued at 15% for two years.

Static (non-movement) Description

Sales stood at $1,400,000 in 1998.
Profits were $27,000 in 1999.
There was a loss of $21,000 in 2001.