Trabajo sobre los tipos de párrafos realizado para la materia de Teoría Discursiva.

1. Types of paragraphs
Bogotá, 26 de mayo de 2016
Pamela Duque Caro
Teoría Discursiva

2. Paragraph
A paragraph is a group of several sentences that
have one principal idea clearly developed
through the entire paragraph.

3. Parts of a paragraph
Every paragraph has two important parts
1. The first sentence. This sentence declares
what is the main idea
2. The other sentences. Those sentences
support the principal idea (The first sentence)

4. What is the purpose of a paragraph?
The main purpose of a paragraph is supporting information
and organizing ideas in a way that everyone can understand
what the author wanted to express.
Commonly it is a part of a longer composition whether if it is
an essay, composition, etc. There are several paragraphs in
an essay, at least three or four.

5. A good paragraph has:
1. Unity. It must have one main idea which contains a topic sentence as well as
other sentences to support the topic one.
2. Support. Evidence, examples and details are the fundamental parts that give
a paragraph support and credibility.
3. Coherence. It has a clear connection between every sentence using linkings
or connector. Perhaps, it has to manage the organization of details as spatial,
chronological, importance and logical.
4. Good language. For a paragraph to be good it has to have correct
punctuation, grammatical accuracy, apt vocabulary and a variety of
structures.

6. Types of paragraphs
There are eleven types of
paragraphs
1. Chronological
2. Enumeration
3. Descriptive
4. Explicative
5. Expository
6. Argumentative

7. Chronological paragraph
This kind of paragraph shows the order in which
a series of events occurred

8. Enumeration paragraph
This type of paragraph contains a number of features that
correspond to the same situation, person or object and a
phrase that organizes everything allowing the reader to
understand how the events were ordered.

9. Descriptive paragraph
Descriptive paragraph has the main purpose of describing a
situation, place, object or person with details and a logical
order.

10. Explicative paragraph
It seeks to expand the information given by examples or
researches.

11. Expository paragraph
An expository paragraph has the purpose of informing the
reader about the topic that is going to be developed

12. Argumentative paragraph
It aims to persuade or convince the reader about the position
that is given of the composition, whether is a denial or
affirmation.

13. Narrative paragraph
A narrative paragraph counts how events occurred in an
specific moment of time.

14. Comparative paragraph
Comparative paragraphs show the differences or similarities
between two objects, opinions, places, people, etc.

15. Cause & effect paragraph
Seeks to show a fact that already happened and why or
something that happened and the consequences it would
bring.

16. Deductive paragraph
It allows the reader to understand that there is a main idea at
the beginning that will be developed through the composition
starting with a generalization.

17. Inductive paragraph
It allows the reader to understand that there is a main idea at
the end that will be developed at the beginning the
composition starting with a generalization.

18. Bibliographic references
Tipos de párrafos. Recovered from: http://www.slideshare.net/c_perez/tipos-de-
parrafos-26634772?qid=da857502-92df-42d5-9f3e-
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Paragraph Writing. Recovered from: http://www.slideshare.net/c_perez/tipos-de-
parrafos-26634772?qid=da857502-92df-42d5-9f3e-
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