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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The line graph below compares the change of
prices
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in three
metals
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(copper, nickel, zinc) in 2014,
according to
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month.
Overall
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, the three
metals
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'
prices
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witnessed a dramatic fluctuation, declining in the first six months,
while
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they became steady in the middle of the year and reversed to grow
at the end
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. To be specific, regarding the nickel, it got the biggest change in January at 6%, which was three times higher than the cooper, at 2%, and both
prices
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reduced in the next two months, between 0% and 1%. In comparison with the two
metals
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, zinc started at the smallest change at 1% in the first month.
Then
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the price increased marginally to 3%, after which it kept going down to the same proportions as January, 1%. Following that, all
metals
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(nickel, zinc, copper) in June reached the lowest
prices
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at -3%, -1%, and -0.5%, respectively;
however
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, afterwards, there were notable rises and
then
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which remained consistently at approximately between -1% to 1% from July to September. In November, these
prices
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seemed to restart climbing over 1%
at the end
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of the given year, which saw huge price changes that may
last
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until next year.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "at the end".
Vocabulary: Replace the words prices, metals with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "change" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "change" was used 4 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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