in this examplethe plot(function takes sequence of values which will be treated as the axis valuesthe axis values are implied by the position of the values within the list thus as the list has six elements in it the axis has the range - in turn as the maximum value contained in the list is then the axis ranges from to plot components although they may seem simplethere are numerous elements that comprise matplotlib graph or plot these elements can all be manipulated and modified independently it is therefore useful to be familiar with the matplotlib terminology associated with these elementssuch as tickslegendslabels etc the elements that make up plot are illustrated belowthe diagram illustrates the following elementsaxes an axes is defined by the matplotlib axes axes class it is used to maintain most of the elements of figure namely the and axisthe ticksthe line plotsany text and any polygon shapes title this is the title of the whole figure ticks (major and minorthe ticks are represented by the class matplotlib axis tick tick is the mark on the axis indicating new