The graph below shows the average monthly change in the prices of three metals during 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows the average monthly change in the prices of three metals during 2014.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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A glance at the line graph provided reveals some information about price changes in three different metals, namely
copper
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,
nickel
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, and zinc over the year 2014.
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,
it is clear that
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nickel
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recorded a significant fall in price,
while
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figures for
copper
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and
nickel
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, despite some fluctuations, remained relatively the same
at the end
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end of the period.
In
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the beginning of 2014,
Nickel
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used to be the most valuable metal prior to a sharp decrease from
six
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percent
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change in January to one
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percent
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in March, meanwhile
copper
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witnessed a mere reduction from two
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percent
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to approximately half
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percent
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. From January to February zinc reached
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a peak of three
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percent
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change before hitting an
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low of -1% in June;
similarly
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nickel
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and
copper
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experienced their lowest price in June. From June to the end of the period figures for all three materials show striking similarities. Following in slight increase in value they all leveled off from July to September, prior to a mere fall between September and October and
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rise in November. By December, prices for all of them altered between one and two
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percent
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.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Vocabulary: Replace the words copper, nickel, percent with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "fall" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • fluctuate
  • volatile
  • stability
  • peak
  • trough
  • increment
  • decrement
  • steady
  • gradual
  • sharp
  • increase
  • decrease
  • month-on-month
  • average monthly change
  • commodity
  • benchmark
  • trend
  • precipitous
  • plateau
  • significant
  • marginal
  • surge
  • dip
  • plummet
  • soar
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