Maps in less than 10 Sentences

Introduction
Overall
Body paragraphs
Special focus on connectors

The diagram below shows the plan of a library in 2001 and 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Writing the Introduction – Sentence 1

Step1: Read the question and look at the diagram to see if you can get any additional information.
In this case – The question mentions it’s a library but from the diagram we can see that it only the ground floor that’s been given.

Step 2: In the case of map, I break my introduction in two halves.
Part 1: Mentions that the map shows the layout of the first year, which is 2001.
Part 2: Mentions that the map shows the changes that took place till the second year.
In this case

The maps illustrate the plan/layout of a ground floor of a library in 2001(Part 1) and the changes introduced in it over the next eight years (Part 2).
Sentence 1: Done

Writing the overall – 2 Sentences – Sentence 2 and 3

Step1: Count the total number of changes and mark them on your question paper. The first sentence of overall would incorporate the total number of changes

Step 2: Write the sentence
Overall, it can be seen that the library underwent four main changes.
If there are too many changes, you can just write several or many instead of the number.

Step 3: For writing the second sentence of overall, focus on the main one or two changes among the four.
In this case, change 2 and 4 are very important, 1 and 3 are not very significant.
Change 2: addition of new sections (kitchen, economics, law)
Change 4: modernization by addition of computer facilities.

Step 4: Write down these important changes in the second sentence.
The principal change was the addition of new sections and its modernization by addition of IT facilities.

Overall, it can be seen that the library underwent four main changes. The principal change was the addition of new sections and its modernization by addition of IT facilities. (Sentence 2 and 3)

Writing the Body Paragraphs

Body Paragraph 1 (Sentences 4 to 6):

Step 1: Divide all the objects into 3 or 4 parts, in the first map.
Note: Order the parts in the order of importance – meaning start with important locations like entrance.

Step 2: Write 3 sentences in your BP1, with each sentence representing each part.
Note: Use in addition type connectors, between parts.

In 2001, the entrance of the library was on the south side, with the librarian’s desk next to it and stairs to the upper floors to its right.(Sentence 4 – Representing Part1) The library had three sections in 2001, the self-help and history along with the western wall and the fiction section along the northern wall.(Sentence 5- Representing Part2) Besides these three sections, newspapers and periodicals were present in the east and a few square shaped tables were there in the centre.(Sentence 6 -Representing Part3)

Body Paragraph 2 (Sentences 7 to 10):

Step 1: Write the four sentences with each sentence representing a different change, which you marked in overall.
Step 2: Try to use connectors between each change.
Note: Try to write the changes in order of importance

By 2008, the main change that was made was that the newspapers and periodicals were replaced by film and DVDs and a few computers were installed next to them (Sentence7 – Change1). Another major change was the addition of three more sections, kitchen, economics, law along the western wall. (Sentence8 – Change2) The fiction section was also relocated along the western wall and a children’s books section was made in its place. (Sentence9 -Change3) Finally, larger rectangular tables had been placed instead of the squared shaped ones and area between the tables and children’s section was demarcated as children’s area. (Sentence10- Change4)

The complete map

The maps illustrate the plan/layout of a ground floor of a library in 2001 and the changes introduced in it over the next eight years.

Overall, it can be seen that the library underwent four main changes. The principal change was the addition of new sections and its modernization by addition of IT facilities.

In 2001, the entrance of the library was on the south side, with the librarian’s desk next to it and stairs to the upper floors to its right. The library had three sections in 2001, the self-help and history along with the western wall and the fiction section along the northern wall. Besides these three sections, newspapers and periodicals were present in the east and a few square shaped tables were there in the centre.

By 2008, the main change that was made was that the newspapers and periodicals were replaced by film and DVDs and a few computers were installed next to them. Another major change was the addition of three more sections, kitchen, economics, law along the western wall. The fiction section was also relocated along the western wall and a children’s books section was made in its place. Finally, larger rectangular tables had been placed instead of the squared shaped ones and area between the tables and children’s section was demarcated as children’s area.

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