Here, you will find information related to types of paragraphs.

1. TYPES OF
PARAGRAPHS
MADE BY:
Santiago parra
Anthony Jaimes
Alejandra moreno

2. What a paragraph is?
• It’s used to support information
• It´s a set of sentences.
• It begins with uppercase letter and ends with a new paragraph.
• Miniature essay
• It have a lot of types and them depend the context and objectives of the full
text or of the paragraph in self

3. Big groups of paragraph types
• Paragraphs according the location
• Paragraphs according the content
• Paragraphs according the logical structure

4. Paragraphs according the location
• Opening paragraph
• Transition paragraph
• Closing paragraph

5. Opening paragraph
In this paragraph we are used to introduce the topic of the text trough these
tools:
• Making a synthesis
• Interrogative phrases
• Telling an anecdote
• Telling quotes

6. Transition paragraph
It is used with the objective of change the current topic and go to another; in order to do this
we usually use these tools:
• Conceptual maps
• Infographics
• Mental map
Also is important to say that in this kind of paragraph we used expressions like also, then, in
the other hand, etc.

7. Closing paragraph
The objective of this one is to conclude the principal idea of the text, this is
made using some different tools that actually are similar to the introduction
paragraph ones; these are:
• Making a synthesis
• Conclude ideas
• Give a nuclear conclusion

8. Paragraphs according the content
• Argumentative paragraph
• Definition paragraph
• Chronologic paragraph
• Enumeration paragraph
• Descriptive paragraph
• Expositive paragraph
• Narrative paragraph

9. Argumentative paragraph
It is used with the objective of persuade the people who is reading it, for this
we use some tools like:
• Important people quotes
• Data and important information related to the topic
• Persuasive language

10. Definition paragraph
• This is a paragraph that have the objective of make the lectors understand all
the vocabulary or compose phrases that are used in the text, this is made by
making a glossary into the paragraph and explaining the words that are going
to be used, this usually happens in this kind of essays:
• Technical essay
• Scientific essay

11. Chronologic paragraph
We use this paragraph to show and make understand to the lector the temporal
succession of a determined event that took place time ago; usually this
happens telling:
• An specific year
• A succession of years
• An age
• A determined time

12. Enumeration paragraph
It is used to give to the lector an idea of the order that the ideas are, we have to
say that it is not only of ideas, also could be of objects or acts. The most
common errors that happen making this kind of paragraph are:
• Make contradictions
• Repeated elements
• Use a different synthetic structure when enumerating

13. Descriptive paragraph
• It is used to make descriptions like his name say it; them could be about an
object, idea, person or a situation, it has to have a logical order that usually is
going from the general to the specific things. If we are going to talk about a
temporal situation we can describe it in two ways:
• From the present to the future
• From the future to the present

14. Explicative paragraph
• This type of paragraph have a particular objective, it is usually used to go proof in a
topic, or also to clarify some aspects of the topic that is being developed. This is
used frequently and could be used in different types of essays like:
• expository essay
• persuasive essay
• analytical essay
• argumentative essay

15. Expositive paragraph
• In this one we show the information in an organized way, this is really
helpful in all the types of essay or also in every text; an example is this one:
“Going to college can be expensive. First, college tuition and room and board
can cost anywhere from $2,000 to more than $10,000 per semester. Other
expenses make going to college even more expensive. For example, books
typically cost between $100 and $500 each term. Second, materials are also very
expensive. ” Taken from www.time4writing.com/

16. Narrative paragraph
• In this paragraph we can find that it is being developed in a temporal order
of situations and actions, it is normally used to make this kind of texts:
• Novel
• Story
• Legend

17. Paragraphs according the logical structure
• Comparative paragraph.
• Cause-effect paragraph.
• Approach and resolution of the problem paragraph.
• Sequence or process paragraph.
• Deductive paragraph.
• Inductive paragraph.
• Conclusion paragraph.

18. Comparative paragraph
• Express similarities or differences between objects or phenomens.
Example:
Acapulco and Cancun are two Mexican destinations which are very famous and
attract thousands of visitors in the year.

19. Cause-effect paragraph
• It presents a fact followed by the reasons that caused it.
Example:
Many Central Americans are moving to United States, due to the hard situatios
of war which are being lived in their hometowns.

20. Approach and resolution of the problem
paragraph
• It is divided in:
1. First, the problem is presented.
2. The solution is exposed.
Example:
The problem of bilingualism in Colombia, can be solved thanks to the help of
new applications of easy access in Internet.

21. Sequence or process paragraph
• Describe a series of events or a process in any kind of order.
Example:
Customer service protocol, dessert recipes.

22. Deductive paragraph
• It shows the central idea at the beginning.
Example:
Many teenagers have tasted the alcoholics drinks, it is different according to the
age, sex, social level and religión, between others.

23. Inductive paragraph
• In this case, the central idea is shown at the end of it.
Example:
Sleep well, have breakfast in a moderate way, have lunch on time, drink at least
8 glasses of wáter per day and others, are the minium good habits to have a
healthy way of life.

24. Conclusion paragraph
• Is is used to close a topic.
Example:
At the end of all this, the only way to learn a new language is to improve the
practice of it with people who speak the same language and why not saying, the
constant practice at home.

25. Basic Conditions of a Paragraph

26. Unity
• The paragraph that we make has to have an only topic development, that
means that if we begin the paragraph with an idea we can for sure say a lot
of it but don’t get in another topic, for it we would need an other paragraph,
three important aspects about it are:
• One main idea
• Topic sentences
• Sentence support

27. Coherence
• Is Ability to keep the reader well-oriented at all times, with the use of
connectors and linkers to create a clear and sensible connection; it has to
have the details well organized in all of these aspects:
• Spatial
• Chronological
• Importance
• Logical

28. Dynamism
• Development of a central idea.
It must take into account:
1. Progress of thought in a logical order.
2. Rational ways of ideas.

29. Functioning
• The good functioning of a paragraph has:
1. Order.
2. Internal coherence.
3. Relation with the other paragraphs.