The pie charts below show the percentage of five kinds of books sold by a bookseller between 1972 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The given pie charts illustrate the proportion of different genres of
books
that a bookseller sold over a 40-year Use synonyms
period
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Overall
, the downward trends were witnessed in the non-Linking Words
fiction
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books
categories and the opposite can be seen in the Use synonyms
adult
and children’s Use synonyms
fiction
sectors. In the initial, the highest number was exhibited in other types of Use synonyms
books
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then
turned into the Linking Words
adult
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fiction
section Use synonyms
at the end
of the observed Linking Words
period
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Looking at the non-Use synonyms
fiction
group, in 1972, accounting for 25%, the highest proportion belonged to the other kinds of Use synonyms
books
, followed by the biography and the travel sectors with 20% and 15%, respectively. The figure for other types of Use synonyms
books
significantly declined to 12% in 2012 – half the initial. The number of biography Use synonyms
books
sold by the bookseller experienced a downward trend during the given Use synonyms
period
, from 20% to 15% in 1992, and became the most unpopular genre in 2012. Use synonyms
Although
the percentage of travel Linking Words
books
slightly increased to 18% in 1992, the quantity still declined to 10% Use synonyms
at the end
of the observed Linking Words
period
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Regarding the Use synonyms
fiction
group, in 1972, both Use synonyms
adult
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fiction
and children’s Use synonyms
fiction
shared the same quantity which was 20%. In 1992, the proportion of the two sections slightly rose to 25% and 22%, respectively. After two decades, significant growth was witnessed in the number of Use synonyms
adult
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fiction
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books
sold by the bookseller, from 25% to 45% - double the initial, Use synonyms
while
the children’s Linking Words
fiction
just slightly increased to 25%.Use synonyms
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Vocabulary: Replace the words books, period, adult, fiction with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trends" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "downward" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 3 times.
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