Part 5: Referring to Figures
First of all, do not number the figures. If you accidentally numbered them, make sure they are out of order and have some figures missing. This way you encourage your tutor to spend the appropriate time with your report. You spent an hour writing the report, so make your tutor spend an hour marking it too!
Refer to the figures in innovative ways: State “as clearly shown in Figure 3, blah blah” and make sure that:
- a) there is no Figure 3
- b) Figure 3 is not labelled as Figure 3
- c) Figure 3 shows something completely different
- d) Figure 3 shows the opposite of what you describe in the text.