\documentclass[border=2pt]{standalone} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ legend pos=south east, legend cell align={left}, axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle, grid = major, width=11.5cm, height=6.5cm, grid style={dashed, gray!30}, xmin=-105.5, % start the diagram at this x-coordinate xmax= 105.5, % end the diagram at this x-coordinate ymin=-120.5, % start the diagram at this y-coordinate ymax= 105.5, % end the diagram at this y-coordinate axis background/.style={fill=white}, xlabel=$x$, ylabel=$y$, tick align=outside, minor tick num=-3, ] \addplot[domain=-100:100.0, black, thin, dashed,samples=200] {x}; \addplot[domain=0:100.0, red, thick,samples=200] {x^0.88}; \addplot[domain=-100:0, green, thick,samples=200] {-2*(-x)^0.88}; \addlegendentry{$f(x)= x$} \addlegendentry{$g_{+}(x)=x^{0.88}$} \addlegendentry{$g_{-}(x)=-2 \cdot (-x)^{0.88}$} \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}