negatives either go down or to the left while positives go right or up. the point (-4,4) has a negative and positive. always start with x which is the first number. x is the horizontal line. since x is -4 it will go four to the left because it is a negative. if it was a positive it would go to the right. next we do y. y is 4 and will follow the vertical line. starting from -4 you go 4 up because it is a positive.
