Paragraph types
- 1. PARAGRAPH TYPES JENNIFER MORALES – LUNA BASTIDAS TEORIA DISCURSIVA – LENGUAS MODERNAS UNIVERSIDAD EAN- MAYO 2017
- 2. Introduction Paragraphs respond to different types of text, we can find descriptive, narrative, argumentative and expository texts. Therefore there are also descriptive, narrative, argumentative and expository paragraphs. The paragraphs are combined according to the need of the subject.
- 3. Paragraph types • Opening paragraph • Transition paragraph • Closing paragraph • Argumentative paragraph • Conceptual or definition paragraph • Chronological paragraph • Enumeration Paragraph • Descriptive paragraph • Explanatory paragraph • Exposure paragraph • Narrative paragraph • Comparative paragraph • Cause and effect Paragraph • Problem Statement Paragraph • Deductive paragraph • Inductive paragraph • Conclusion paragraph
- 4. Opening Paragraph It is the one that introduces the text, its function is fundamental, since in the author the problem is presented, it raises the thesis, it attracts the interest of the reader. Example: It is a proven fact that the surface temperature of the earth is increasing at an increasing rate. If this is continued, the average surface temperature of the earth will increase by 0.3 ° C per decade. According to the experts, this figure may be due to great climatic changes in all terrestrial regions.
- 5. It works to give a change of theme, of bridge for the continuation of the text or to move from one part to another. Use expressions like; Consequence, therefore nevertheless, in spite of the above, also, finally, etc. Example: There are other forms of representation more or less similar to the concept maps. Next we will see each of the examples of previous steps. Transition Paragraph
- 6. Summarize the general meaning of the text, it aims to generate a good memory in the reader. It presents the same typology as the opening paragraph, in this case to summarize or recover the essence of the text. Example: Then, when the financial outbreak of the public pension systems is produced, the new majors will be revealed, who will refuse to retire. And so a new culture will arise only for the elderly, as a sign of identity that will allow them to recognize themselves with pride and self-esteem. Closing Paragraph
- 7. It presents an idea to convince someone of what is affirmed or denied. Example: I am not a historian. I just want to mention a couple couple of things; For me it is not the fact of how it was celebrated but rather to insist that we Mapuche have nothing to celebrate in our next Bicentennial. (Crescent Bar M) Argumentative Paragraph
- 8. To clarify the meaning of a term or to center a thought that will be used more. Without these conceptual definitions, the reader would not understand the author's ideas. Example: Administrative language is the language used by the organs of state administration, both in their internal relations and in their relationship with the administered ones. Conceptual or definition Paragraph
- 9. Those that refer to the temporary succession of an event. Example: The feminist movement gained strength at the beginning of the twentieth century to achieve, in the decades of the twenties and thirties, that female suffrage acquired power in all the constitutions of civilized countries. Chronological Paragraph
- 10. It has an organizing phrase that helps the reader to indicate the ordering of the text. Example: In my garden I planted five species of different flowers, Hydrangeas, cartridges, daisies, azaleas and orchids Enumeration Paragraph
- 11. Describe the object, person, idea or situation to be discussed. In describing, one must follow a logical order. Example: Egypt is a country in North Africa and one of the most attractive in the continent. It has to the north the Mediterranean sea, to the west to Libya to the south Sudan and to the east it makes border with Israel. Also is bathing in the Red Sea. Descriptive Paragraph
- 12. It serves to clarify or further develop the subject that is being presented. Example: The harmful effects of smoking are many, as it is proven that smoking various substances that damage the body, including the tar destroys thousands who have lung alveoli and serves to extract oxygen from the air is inhaled . Explanatory Paragraph
- 13. It is one in which some information is presented in an organized way. Example: A story is a story or narration of few pages, which is characterized by having a single line of action, i.e. it is a single portrait, not several at a time. Exposure Paragraph
- 14. It exposes in a temporal order events, actions. Example: Narrative paragraphs are a lot of fun to write. Here you can tell your reader a story from beginning to end. You don't have to imagine anything out of the ordinary - only tell the story, tell what happened. This alone usually allows the nervous writer to stop worrying about generating ideas, and to concentrate on organizing the events in the story being told. Narrative Paragraph
- 15. It consists of the expression of the similarities or differences that exist between two objects or phenomena. Example: Dogs and cats have accompanied mankind from its beginnings, but their characters are very different, while the dog comes to consider human as one of its kind, only cats are a source of food and comfort. Comparative Paragraph
- 16. It presents a fact followed by the reasons that caused it or by the consequences that it derives. Example: Many people moved to Canada from Europe during during the 19th century because there were terrible living conditions in Europe Cause and effective Paragraph
- 17. Structured in two parts: The first presents the problem, explicitly or veiled. In the second the solution is exposed, in the same way as the problem. Example: It is evident that the average cholesterol level in the blood has increased in the Mediterranean countries, which gives us an idea that healthy eating habits are disappearing, which are replaced by others in which fats of animal origin have a role important. Problem statement Paragraph
- 18. Main idea at the beginning. For its construction is part of a generalization and then present specific cases. Example: "Sound in the middle of the night was heard Woke up after your dog barking and heard the front door close sharply trembled Footsteps approached her bedroom ... Joaquin lived alone... Someone had entered their house in the middle NIGHT AND THE DANGER LE stalking ". Deductive Paragraph
- 19. Main idea at the end. It begins with sentences that express secondary ideas to arrive at a generalization, or thematic idea as a conclusion of what has been affirmed. Example: "LIFE IS EASIER THAN YOU BELIEVE That thought my best friend and that I started thinking when the other afternoon I saw on television that cruel scene of a woman who had lost everything. I thought better and reflected on this idea, embarrassing for myself". Inductive Paragraph
- 20. Used to close a topic or section. It is easy to detect it because it begins with expressions like the following: In conclusion, in synthesis, of the previous thing we can conclude that, consequently and others similar. Example: In conclusion, each stage of the revision, construction and writing of a text was identified; As well as the proper writing of the sentence and the paragraph. It recognizes the types of errors of argumentation to avoid them in the moment of writing or to correct a text; How to apply paragraph types in different written texts. This in order to achieve a clear and precise communication. Conclusion Paragraph
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