graphing with matplotlib pyplot the plyplot api can be used to construct the plotconfigure labels and axismanage color and line styleshandles events/allows plots to be interactivedisplay (showthe plot we will see examples of using the pyplot api in the following sections line graphs line graph or line plot is graph with the points on the graph (often referred to as markersconnected by lines to show how something changes in value as some set of values (typically the axischangesfor exampleover series to time intervals (also known as time seriestime series line charts are typically drawn in chronological ordersuch charts are known as run charts the following chart is an example of run chartit charts time across the bottom ( axisagainst speed (represented by the axis