Linear and Non-linear Texts

Linear and Non-linear Texts

 Linear Texts
 texts that are written in a traditional way
without the aid of graphics.
 They are read from left to right and have
syntactic and grammatical features.
 They always contain certain punctuation
marks and are written according to a specific
purpose.
Linear and Non-linear Texts
 Non-linear Texts
 are represented using different kinds of
graphics such as charts and graphs and
other figures
 are also called 'graphic representations’
 Usually, non-linear texts show the summary
of information found in a linear text.
What non-linear text is shown in the following?

Line Graph
What non-linear text is shown in the following?

Bar Graph
What non-linear text is shown in the following?

Pie Chart
What non-linear text is shown in the following?

Map
What non-linear text is shown in the following?

Table
 Objectives
1. Identify the use of a table in presenting
information.
2. Explain visual-verbal relationships
illustrated in tables.
3. Transcode information from linear to
nonlinear texts.
 Number of Natural Disasters in the Philippines (2000-2012)

Tables
Mass Mass
Year Drought Earthquake Epidemic Flood Movement Movement Storm Volcano Total
dry wet

2000 0 0 1 3 1 1 6 1 13

2001 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 2 11

systematically
2002 1 1 0 4 0 0 6 0 12

2003 0 0 1 1 0 1 8 0 11

arrange 2004

2005
0

0
0

0
1

0
3

2
0

0
1

0
8

2
0

0
13

information 2006

2007
0

1
0

0
0

0
6

5
0

0
3

0
10

9
1

1
20

16

using rows 2008

2009
0

0
0

1
0

0
8

8
0

0
0

0
11

14
0

1
19

24

and columns 2010 0 0 1 9 0 0 3 1 14

2011 0 1 3 15 0 0 12 2 33

2012 0 3 1 5 0 1 7 0 17

Total 2 6 8 72 1 7 102 9 207

 How to Read Tables
1. Determine what the table is all about.
2. Study the headings at the top of each
column.
3. Use the headings for the rows and columns to
locate specific information.
Activity 1.
1. How many gold medals did the Philippines
win in the SEA Games 1996?
2. What country won the highest bronze
medals?
3. What countries won the highest silver
medals?
4. What country won the highest gold
medals?
Activity 1.
5. How many countries did not win gold
medals?
6. How many gold medals were won by all the
countries who participated in the SEA Games?
7. How many medals were pocketed by the
Philippines?
Activity 1. ANSWERS
1. How many gold medals did the Philippines
win in the SEA Games 1996? 15
2. What country won the highest bronze
medals? Indonesia
3. What countries won the highest silver
medals? Indonesia and Thailand
4. What country won the highest gold
medals? Indonesia
Activity 1.
5. How many countries did not win gold
medals? 3
6. How many gold medals were won by all the
countries who participated in the SEA Games?
151
7. How many medals were pocketed by the
Philippines? 65
Activity 2.
1. What are the different types of index crimes?
2. Between the two classifications of crimes,
which is more terrible?
3. Among the types of index crimes given, which
has the smallest number of crimes in the year
1996?
 Activity 2. ANSWERS
1. What are the different types of index crimes?
Murder, Homicide, Physical Injury, Robbery, Theft, Rape
2. Between the two classifications of crimes, which
is more terrible?Index Crimes
3. Among the types of index crimes given, which
has the smallest number of crimes in the year
1996? Rape
 Summary

How is information presented in a table?

What are the guides reading a table?

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 17
ANSWERS
1. What is the total number of tourist arrivals in
43427
Region VII?
8
2. Where did the smallest volume of visitors come
from? Indonesia
3. Where did the biggest volume of visitors come
from? Philippines
4. What places in Region VII were used in the data?
Negros Oriental, Bohol, Cebu
ANSWERS
5. What place in Region VII registered the highest
number of visitors? Cebu
6. What place in the Region recorded the lowest
volume of visitors? Bohol
7. How many Japanese came to Cebu? 52921
8. What is the total number of German visitors?
7702
ANSWERS
9. How many foreign visitors came to Bohol?
10. Give the8793
total number of Canadian, Australian,
and Italian visitors who came to Negros Oriental
during the entire year.
1013