This document defines and discusses different types of paragraphs, including narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive paragraphs. It provides examples of each type to illustrate their key characteristics. Narrative paragraphs tell a story chronologically, descriptive paragraphs use sensory details to describe people, objects, or events, expository paragraphs explain or develop a topic, and persuasive paragraphs aim to convince the reader of a viewpoint. The document also briefly mentions other paragraph types such as compare/contrast, relative, and dialogue paragraphs.

1. PARAGRAPH AND ITS
TYPES.
Definitions and examples
Ailyn Juliana Velandia Poveda
Maria Alejandra Vasquez Beltran

2. PARAGRAPH?
 Half page long.
 Unity and coherence of ideas among sentences.
 A group of sentences or a single sentence that forms
a unit.
 Length and appearance don´t determine whether a
section in a paper.

3. SOME CHARACTERISTICS…
 Unified
 Clearly related to the thesis
 Coherent
 Well-developed
 The section is comprised of one or more sentences
 Main clause: It is easily distinguished because it has the essential part of the paragraph.
 Secondary prayers are divided into two types:
1. In coordination: you are joined by conjunctions and have a complete sense.
2. subordination: only make sense in another function.

4. ITS TYPES
Narrative. To entertain.
Descriptive. To describe
Expository. To explain.
Persuasive. To persuade.

5. NARRATIVE
 Narrative. Also called chronological, is where facts chronologically exposed. Such as a story, a story, a
chronic, etcetera.
 Example
Worst Day
My fathers name is Robert Oeleis, he died on Aug 28th 2003 of a heart attack. It was about six in the
morning I was sleeping restlessly and the phone rang and I missed it then it rang again. I saw it was my
fathers house calling to get me up for the first day of school. To my surprise it was my stepmother crying
on the other line. This was the start of the worst day of my life in the short seventeen years I had been alive.
She proceeded to tell me that my father has had a heart attack and the ambulance had came and got him.
Then the horror began I asked he’s ok right he’s going to be ok . With sorrow in her voice she said Jace he’s
dead. Know I started crying and disbelief and ran to my moms room screaming and yelling. Later my family
gathered and remembered the day that I recall as the worst day of my life.
By, Jace Oeleis

6. DESCRIPTIVE
 Descriptive sensorimotor ability of the human being is presented through the words. Through a descriptive
paragraph, an author uses all his senses to delineate the attributes of objects and events perceived.
 Example
The Blond Guitar
My most valuable possession is an old, slightly warped blond guitar--the first instrument I taught myself how to
play. It's nothing fancy, just a Madeira folk guitar, all scuffed and scratched and finger-printed. At the top is a
bramble of copper-wound strings, each one hooked through the eye of a silver tuning key. The strings are stretched
down a long, slim neck, its frets tarnished, the wood worn by years of fingers pressing chords and picking notes. The
body of the Madeira is shaped like an enormous yellow pear, one that was slightly damaged in shipping. The blond
wood has been chipped and gouged to gray, particularly where the pick guard fell off years ago. No, it's not a
beautiful instrument, but it still lets me make music, and for that I will always treasure it.
by Jeremy Burden

7. EXPOSITORY
 Used to explain or develop more extensively the subject is being
presented. They are larger and more abundant.
 Example
Romeo is a beautiful tricolor Sheltie. He is mostly black with white and a bit
of brown. Caring for him is easy because I simply have to make sure he has
fresh water and food every day. I exercise him by throwing his toys. Romeo
is a good pet because he is nice looking and doesn't require much care

8. PERSUASIVE
 convince someone that your opinion on a subject is the right
one. There are many forms of persuasion, you might not even
know you are being persuaded. For example advertisements are
persuading you to buy a certain product. Or family is always
trying to convince you to do something or that they are always
right.

9. OTHER NO
COMMON TYPES

10. COMPARE AND COTRAST
 Consists compare objects or ideas for the purpose of
distinguishing or say their similarities.
RELATIVE
 The ideas are presented in a relative way, is often used in
scientific studies.
DIALOGUED
 A conversation between a speaker and a listener that
alternating these roles.

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