How to Present a Document in History and Geography

NATURE

a text
a press release or an article
an iconographic document: picture, photograph, poster, painting, a cartoon, a drawing

DATE AND SOURCE

to date from
it’s a document from 1940
extracted from / excerpted from
an extract from = an excerpt from

AUTHOR

Written, drawn, painted by
by
painter, journalist, cartoonist, politician, photographer, director, historian, poet, writer

TOPIC

It deals with, it is about
it presents, it describes, it shows

BACKGROUND / CONTEXT

In those days…
At this/ that time…
Back in ….

DESCRIPTION OF A PICTURE

foreground/background
the bottom/the top
the bottom right (hand) corner / the top right (hand) corner
it is divided into paragraphs or passages
the first ten lines
to quote / a quotation / a quote
to sum up / to summarize
to notice
it illustrates, it portrays

LINKING WORDS

First, at first, firstly, first of all
Next, then, after, secondly, later
Indeed
Moreover
However, therefore, nevertheless
In addition
To finish, lastly, eventually