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Non-Prose Text I. Complete The Table by Naming The Types of Non-Prose Text and Identifying Their Functions

The document discusses non-prose texts such as charts, graphs, and diagrams. It provides examples of a bar chart about reasons for choosing a university and pie charts comparing recruitment advertising. It asks questions to analyze the non-prose texts and determine key details such as the top reasons for university choice, newspapers that ran the most advertisements, and conclusions that can be drawn. The document stresses the importance of carefully studying non-prose materials and understanding how to interpret them, as they are commonly used in reading and writing.

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Non-Prose Text I. Complete The Table by Naming The Types of Non-Prose Text and Identifying Their Functions

The document discusses non-prose texts such as charts, graphs, and diagrams. It provides examples of a bar chart about reasons for choosing a university and pie charts comparing recruitment advertising. It asks questions to analyze the non-prose texts and determine key details such as the top reasons for university choice, newspapers that ran the most advertisements, and conclusions that can be drawn. The document stresses the importance of carefully studying non-prose materials and understanding how to interpret them, as they are commonly used in reading and writing.

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NON-PROSE TEXT

I. Complete the table by naming the types of non-prose text and identifying their functions.

II. Study the bar chart carefully. Then write the answers to the questions below about the bar chart.

1. What does the bar chart show?

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2. What are the top three reasons for choosing a university and their percentages?
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3. What two other university-related factors that are crucial when deciding on a university?
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4. What are two most important non-teaching related reasons for choosing a university?
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5. Which two reasons for choosing a university are rated as equally important at 65%?
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6. What are the least important reasons or factors when deciding on a university?
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7. The reasons for choosing a particular university can be grouped into two main reasons. What are they?
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8. According to the chart, what is the main factor for choosing a university?
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III. The two short articles opposite use pie charts to compare recruitment advertising volumes in February
1996 and in September 1996 in the UK. Look at them carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Questions:

1. Which newspaper ran about a


third of all advertisements?

2. Which two newspapers together


ran about a third of all
advertisements?

3. Where was the data in the pie


charts derived from?

4. How does it relate to the article?

5. What conclusions can you draw


from the pie charts and related
text?

IV. Answer the following questions briefly.

1. What should you consider when reading and interpreting non prose materials?

2. Why are these materials important in reading and writing?

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