There are four kind of paragraph, namely descriptive, narrative, persuasive, and expository paragraph.

1. KINDS OF PARAGRAPH
There are four kind of paragraph, namely descriptive, narrative, persuasive, and expository paragraph.
A. The Descriptive Paragraph
Descriptive paragraph is a text which describes something ( thing, animal, plant ) or
someone. The writers tell the object in detail with their words as many and clear as possible.
It can be the shape, the color, the characteristics, or anything related to the object being
described.
• The characteristics of descriptive text:
Generally, descriptive text uses Present Simple Tense but sometimes Past Simple Tense is
also used when the object being described is no longer exist.
B. The Narrative Paragraph
Narrative paragraph is a paragraph that tells a story and describes the story as it
is supposed to. There's a sequence of action or there's a clear beginning, middle, and end
to the paragraph. A narrative paragraph tells the story of an event, providing the relevant
details of when and where the event occurred as well as who was included and what
transpired. The paragraph describes either an actual event or a fictional one that the writer
creates
• The characteristics of narrative text:
1. A narrative focuses on specific participants: often individual or participants with
defines identities. Major participants are human, or sometimes animals with human
characteristic.
2. Using action, verbal or mental processes (verbs of perception: think, realize, feel, etc.)
3. It usually use past tenses (Simple Past Tense and Past Continuous Tense).
4. Direct and indirect speeches are often used (some dialogs are used in the story and the
tense can change).
5. Descriptive language is used to create listeners’ or readers’ imagination.
6. Can be written in first person (I, We) or third person (he, she, and they) ( In choose –
your-own-advantages, the reader is involved in the story a major character and addressed
as” you”.
7. Temporal conjunctions are also used:
a. As the sentence introducers: Then,....... ; After that, ....... ; Finally, ....... etc.
b. As time introducers (adverbial clauses: ...... before ..... ; After ..... ; While ..... During ...
.. etc

2. C. The Persuasive Paragraph
Persuasive Paragraph is type of paragraph tries to get the reader to accept a particular
point of view or understand the writer's position. This is the type of paragraph that many
teachers focus on because it's useful when building an argument. It often requires the
collection of facts and research.
• The characteristics of persuasive text:
1. The language used is made attractive to give the impression to the reader
2. Trying to explain and take the trust readers
3. Trying to create an agreement or adjustment with trust between the writer and the
reader .
4. Trying to avoid conflict so that trust is not lost and that the agreement reached his
opinion .
5. The facts and data to strengthen the argument
D. The Explanatory Paragraph
Explanatory Paragraph is type of paragraph explains something or provides instruction.
It could also describe a process and move the reader step by step through a method. This
type of paragraph often requires research, but it's possible that the writer is able to rely on
his or her own knowledge and expertise.
• The characteristics of explanatory text:
a. Trying to explain about something
b. The style is informative
c. The fact is used as a means of contributing
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3. EXAMPLE OF NARRATIVE TEXT
I remember when I first arrived in the United States. Even before the plane landed, the little
windows in the airplane revealed snow and ice-covered houses and buildings. As I walked off
the plane, cold air crept though the corrugated ramp that led to the airport terminal. Some
people inside the airport were wearing big coats and hats, which I had seen on television, but
never up close. I felt a little dizzy and needed to sit down, and then my cell phone rang. It was
my Aunt Sophia. She was waiting for me outside in the passenger pick-up area, so I walked
quickly to the exit, forgetting all about my luggage. When the sliding glass door opened to the
outside, there was my aunt--a woman I hadn't seen in over ten years--wearing a parka and
waving her arms frantically in my direction.
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Nurhidayatillah
Ika Gustina
Siti Maryam MY Mahmud