presentation Types of paragraphs in a text and the appropriate use of the elements of link between prayers and paragraphs.

1. Type of paragraphs
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María del Pilar Pinzón
Claudia Marcela Pinzón
Mireya Esparza Rhenals

2. Type of
paragraphs
The paragraphs answer to the different types of texts;
we can find texts descriptive, narrative, argumentative
and explanatory, of equal way paragraphs descriptive,
narrative, argumentative and explanatory. Not
necessarily a text contains an alone type of paragraph;
on the contrary the paragraphs change in agreement to
the needs of the topic. These can express ideas,
opinions, emotions and more, to explain and to
demonstrate the key points or thoughts of a central idea.

3. Beginning Paragraphs
★ They are those with which it gives beginning
a text can contain an introductory idea,
design several or even the principal idea of a
text, his function is fundamental, it raises the
thesis, attracts the interest of the reader etc.
★ Is summarized the topic or the thesis of the
text

4. ★ They serve to give a change
in the topic, of bridge for the
continuation of the text or to
happen across.
★ ¡It uses expressions as: in
consequence, therefore,
nevertheless, in spite of the
previous thing, between
others.

5. ★ They are those that are used to expose
an argument, to support an opinion or to
refute other one, respect of the validity
of an idea to convincing on a certain line
of thought or action. These types of
paragraphs are very used in
philosophical texts, political speeches,
tests, in which the conviction of the
reader is looked.

6. Conceptual or of Definition
Paragraph
★ To need the meaning of a term or to centre a thought
that will be in use hereinafter. Without these
conceptual definitions, the readers not understand the
author's ideas. Because of it they are indispensable in
the writings of technical and scientific type.
★ In them emphasis is done in a concept contained in the
text, which can be a definition, idea or thought of a
certain author, who will be constant used inside the rest
of the text.

7. Paragraphs Chronological
and Descriptive
★ Chronological: They are those who present diverse events, events
or situations, of a chronological way, these paragraphs enter other
categories in turn, like in case of the narrative paragraphs.
★ Descriptive: In them they write each other by means of a logical and
coherent criterion, descriptions, same that they can belong to objects,
events or persons.

8. Paragraphs
Enumerative
★ They are those in which there is done an
enumeration, which well can be an enumeration
of ideas or the points of a series of ideas, events,
situations, the steps to continuing in the diverse
paragraphs of the instructive one, and in general
any thing, event or action that it should
enumerate like for example in the cases in which
it is necessary to do a hierarchic enumeration,
etc.

9. Clarifying or Explanatory Paragraphs
★ They are the paragraphs where there is done an explanation of ideas, points or
events, are destined to clarify a part of the text that can be confused or to offer to
be interpreted badly. They are an example of this type of paragraphs, the notes
of the books where catch on misprints or confused ideas, these paragraphs, are
in the habit of being numbered or having a symbol “*” in a part of the text
indicating the place of the note that explains the idea relating to the paragraph
where there is inserted the symbol or the number of the note.

10. ★ They present a certain information of a tidy
way to belong exposed to the reader,
exposing one or several ideas or concepts
of an understandable way for whom he
reads it, it is that one who presents some
organized information.

11. Narrative Paragraphs
★ This type is used commonly in such
genres as the novels, the journalistic
texts, the chronicles, the history, the
story and others. In them there are
described the facts, situations and
descriptions of prominent figures,
usually of chronological form by means
of the voice of a narrator. Commonly
they are inserted by other types of
paragraphs as the paragraphs
elucidative or those of dialogs.

12. Narrative Paragraphs

13. Dialogue Paragraphs
★ They are those writings in the shape of dialog,
interacting two or more prominent figures, as well as
the narrator, are own of written interviews
(newspapers, magazines) novels and stories.

14. Comparative and Cause and
Effect Paragraphs
★ Comparatives: it consists of the expression of the
similarities or differences that exist between two
objects or phenomena.

15. Comparative and Cause and
Effect Paragraphs
★ Cause and effect: they
present a fact followed
by the reasons that has
caused it or for the
consequences that from
him stem.

16. Inductive and Deductive Paragraph
★ Inductive: principal idea ultimately. It begins with prayers that
express secondary ideas to come to a generalization, or
thematic idea as a conclusion of what has steadied itself.
★ Deductive: principal idea, for his construction it splits of a
generalization then to appear in specific cases.

17. Paragraphs Closure or Conclusion
★ On this paragraph end is in the habit of meeting to a topic
or paragraph inside a text, can offer conclusions
concerning the treated topic. The paragraph of closing
goes at the end of a book or chapter and can put on a
general summary of the ideas of the text.

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