This document discusses the key elements and types of paragraphs. It defines a paragraph as a group of sentences discussing a topic or idea. The main components of a paragraph are the topic sentence, supporting sentences, and unity/coherence. Various types of paragraphs are also outlined, including narrative, descriptive, comparative, and argumentative paragraphs. Grammatical features of narrative texts like omniscient and protagonist narrators are also mentioned.

1. PARAGRAPH

2. TUTORA:
Sibylle Marilene Taveneau
INTEGRANTES
Vanesa García Álzate
Carol Nathaly Santacruz O.
Pilar Sofía Torres C.

3. Paragraph is…
A group of words that together form an idea related to
a topic, the paragraph is composed of several lines,
generally separates items or second thoughts.

4. Main Features of Paragraph
A paragraph consists of one or more sentences with these
characteristics:
- Main Prayer
- Secondary Prayers
- Unity and Coherence
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5. MAIN PRAYER...
The paragraph consists of a topic sentence that can be
easily distinguished in that it incorporates the essential part
of which depend on others.
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6. SECONDARY PRAYERS...
They can be of two types: coordination and subordination.
Are those coordinates are connected by conjunctions and
possesses in itself a complete sense. Those are
subordinate only make sense in terms of another.
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7. UNITY AND COHERENCE...
Is the common reference for each of its parts, that is, that
the primary and secondary sentence refer to a single act.
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8. T Y P E S
O F
P A R A G R A P H S

9. Introductory.
Final or Conclusion.
Narrative
Descriptive
Argumentative
Exhibition
Relative
Compare and contrast
Enumeration
Dialogue

10. TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS
•Chronological paragraphs. Are those in which they tell
about history and dates
•Enumeration paragraph . They talk of a related
sequence with a single subject or thing.
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11. TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS -2
•Descriptive paragraph: Are those in which a full details
are given
•Explanatory paragraph: It is even more to the details
•Expository paragraph: They report on a topic
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12. TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS -3
•Argumentative paragraph: Are those in which reasons and facts are affirmed
or denied.
•Narrative paragraph: Are those in which the events occur in a given time.
•Comparative paragraph: Are those in which they show differences or
similarities of any phenomenon

13. TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS -4
•Deductive paragraph: Are those that goes from the general to the specific.
They specialize in root-cause analysis
•Inductive paragraph: Are those in which, part of several aspects to reach a
final conclusion, is the initial idea

14. NARRATIVE
TEXTS

15. GRAMMATICAL PERSON -FEATURES
•Omniscient narrator. Is the one who knows everything about the history and
about the protagonist of the story.
•Narrator observer. Is the one in which the narrator shows what he can see,
but doesn't know the feelings of characters.
Narrator protagonist. Is the one in which the narrator is also the protagonist of
the story. Similar to an auto-biography

16. Bibliographic References...
http://www.slideshare.net/c_perez/tipos-de-parrafos-
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http://www.slideshare.net/lionnagaraju/paragraph-writing-2226904
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1rrafo#Caracter.C3.ADsticas
_principales