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The image is a line graph illustrating linguistic concepts related to syllable structure and sonority. The background is white.

On the left side, there is a vertical axis represented by a dashed black line with an arrow pointing upward at the top. Running vertically alongside this axis is the text "Increasing Sonority," indicating that higher positions on the graph correspond to greater sonority (loudness or resonance).

Along the bottom of the graph, three labels are spaced out horizontally from left to right: "Onset," "Nucleus," and "Coda." These represent the three main parts of a syllable.

Two distinct lines are plotted on the graph:

1.  A solid blue line that forms an asymmetrical peak shape. It begins at a low point on the left side, labeled with a blue capital letter "S". The line rises diagonally upward and to the right, passing a label of a lowercase blue letter "m" along its slope. It reaches its highest point directly above the word "Nucleus." This peak is marked with a blue Greek letter epsilon (ε). From this peak, the solid blue line descends diagonally to the right but stops at a mid-level height, ending with a label of a lowercase blue letter "l".

2.  A dotted black line that also forms a triangular shape. It starts at the bottom left corner, positioned lower than the start of the blue line. It rises diagonally upward and to the right, running parallel to and just beneath the solid blue line until it reaches the same peak marked by the epsilon (ε). From this shared peak, the dotted black line descends much more steeply than the blue line, dropping all the way down to the bottom right corner directly above the word "Coda."
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