Identifying visuals in your writing. Position visuals alongside or after the text that refers to them. Number your visuals (number tables separately from other visuals), and give them informative titles. In some instances, you may need to provide captions to give readers additional data as source information.
Figure 1. College Enrollment for Men and Women by Age, 2007 (in millions)
Table 1. Word Choice by Race: Seesaw and Teeter-totter, Chicago, 1986