Images and Charts as Argument · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Pictures that argue

English · Reading Comprehension · ages 15-16
Name ______________________   Date ____________
  1. A photo shows one flooded street. What does it prove alone?

    • The whole city flooded
    • Only that this street flooded
    • Nothing about anything
  2. What is the caption's job?

    • Listing the camera brand
    • Telling you what to conclude
    • Counting the pixels
  3. What do you check first on a chart?

    • The axis and where it starts
    • The prettiest colour
    • The author photo
  4. A tight crop shows a cheering crowd. What might it hide?

    • Empty seats behind the camera
    • The camera brand
    • The weather last year
  5. An axis starts high instead of at zero. What happens?

    • Small gaps look huge
    • All gaps vanish
    • Bars turn into pies
  6. A pie cut into twelve thin slices always shows every share fairly.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. A caption claims a policy failed, showing one closed shop. What is wrong?

    • Photos are never evidence
    • Shops prove national policy
    • The caption concludes more than the image shows
  8. Two bars, axis from zero, equal steps, one bar twice as tall. What follows?

    • Twice the value
    • Slightly more, exact amount unknown
    • Nothing can ever be read
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Pictures that argue W1-mt_X1vajiAqrM-s1

  1. Only that this street flooded · One street cannot carry a city-wide claim.
  2. Telling you what to conclude · The caption points your reading of the image.
  3. The axis and where it starts · A cut axis can stretch a small gap hugely.
  4. Empty seats behind the camera · Cropping chooses what to leave out.
  5. Small gaps look huge · Cutting the base stretches differences unfairly.
  6. False · Thin slices can hide that one share dominates.
  7. The caption concludes more than the image shows · One shop cannot carry that verdict without wider data.
  8. Twice the value · Honest scales mean double height is double value.
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