What is a paragraph? types of paragraphs

1. MARIA CAMILA
BERMUDEZ
NICOLAS RINCON
ORLANDO
MONTAÑA
UNIVERSIDAD EAN
TEORÍA DISCURSIVA GRUPO
2 - FACULTAD DE ESTUDIOS
EN AMBIENTES VIRTUALES -
SEGUNDO CICLO 2015
mbermude4928@ean.edu.co
nicolas.frrazul@hotmail.com
orlamong@gmail.com

2. TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS
Objetive :Identifies the types of paragraphs in a
text and the appropriate use of link elements
between sentences and paragraphs.

3. What is a
paragraph?
It is a basic unit of organization to write with many sentences ,
which are developing ideas about an especific theme.
It has three parts:
• Topic sentence
• Supporting sentences
• Concluding sentence

5. UNITY AND
COHERENCE
 Paragraphs should be linked together
by means of logical connectors, eg :
plus, but, otherwise, so, it should be
noted, based on, anyway, among
many others. For this reason every
sentence should follow a cohesion
and consistency to be read logically
and supporting the main idea.

6. How to present written material is
important, that is, an essay, a narrative,
an academic text, or any other is built
around paragraphs, they work together
to ease the reader to understand the
organization that the writer gave his text
as a paragraph that consists of a series
of phrases to be coherently organized
around a single theme, the writer's
motto should be "a paragraph - an
argument"

7. AID OF A DICTIONARY
 Some institutes, schools,
universities and
academies places prefer
implant one particular
dictionary. For this reason
a good writer must be
maintain his /her style
and it permits understand
the theme better, also
he/she must be sure to
use the right specialized
dictionary for task,
assignments, copy, edit
and finally makes an
excellent work.

8. GOOD LANGUAGE
A good writer has to learn by
using a dictionary effectively
He/she has to read important
information such as the
meanings of a word, its
synonymous , its place into the
text. And its possible use to
explain a main idea, a
dictionary helps too how entries
are arranged ( the word, and
the variations of the same ,its
definition, etc.).

9. Descriptive paragraphs: Tell
how are objects, people,
places, animals, feelings.
 as its name suggests is responsible for describing the object,
person, ideas or situations that are written. When a
description is made must take into account several factors
such as logical order, in an orderly manner and with good
cohesion, ie, if we talk about general to reach the
particular, if you type in the past continue the description
must be at the same time, to maintain the coherence:
The Illustrious Client
“Both Holmes and I had a weakness for the Turkish
bath. It was over a smoke in the pleasant lassitude
of the drying-room that I have found him
less reticent and more human than anywhere else”
https://sherlock-holm.es/stories/pdf/a4/1-sided/case.pdf

10. Narrative paragraphs
This paragraph is responsible for exposing situations that follow
an order temporarily narrating facts, events, actions, loaded
situations verbs of action, suspense, fear and many items as
the writer want to add without losing the thread of the plot.
 The Lord of the Rings
Chapter 10
The Breaking of the Fellowship
Aragorn led them to the right arm of the River. Here upon its
western side under the shadow of Tol Brandir a green lawn ran
down to the water from the feet of Amon Hen. Behind it rose
the first gentle slopes of the hill clad with trees, and trees
marched away westward along the curving shores of the
lake. A little spring fell tumbling down and fed the grass.
http://www.ae-lib.org.ua/texts-
c/tolkien__the_lord_of_the_rings_1__en.htm#2-10

11. Persuasive Paragraph
This paragraph can go to the beginning of the text and its
goal is to present a thesis or idea that should convince
anyone that what is argued can be true or false.
HAMLET:
To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in
the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing
end them.
A monologue from the play by William Shakespeare
http://www.monologuearchive.com/s/shakespeare_001.html

12. Expository Paragraphs
This text is perhaps the most organized of all because
it is responsible for presenting information in a linear
fashion, ie, disclosed data, content, themes,
structured manner are easy to read.
Expository paragraph about pollution
Pollution is the introduction of substances in a way
that causes it to be unsafe or unfit for use. The
medium can be an ecosystem, a physical medium
or a living being. The contaminant may be a
chemical, energy substance (such as sound, heat,
light or radioactivity).(translate from:
http://reglasespanol.about.com/od/Tipos-de-
textos/fl/Ejemplos-de-paacuterrafos-expositivos.htm)