% make a plot
figure;
plot( 1 : 10 );

% this will overwrite the first plot
plot( 1 ./ [1 : 20] );

% make a new plot
figure;
plot( 1 ./ [1 : 10] );

% make a new plot
figure;
plot( 1 : 10 );
hold on; % keep plotting to it!
plot( 1 : 10 , sqrt([1:10]) , 'r');

% add a title
title('This is a fancy title!');
xlabel('HUGE X AXIS LABEL','FontSize',20);
ylabel('simple y axis label');

% add a grid
grid on;