MARIA CAMILA BERMUDEZNICOLAS RINCONORLANDO MONTAÑA

UNIVERSIDAD EANTEORÍA DISCURSIVA GRUPO 2 - FACULTAD DE ESTUDIOS EN AMBIENTES VIRTUALES - SEGUNDO CICLO 2015

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TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS

Objetive :Identifies the types of paragraphs in a text and the appropriate use of link elements between sentences and paragraphs.

What is a paragraph?

It is a basic unit of organization to write with many sentences , which are developing ideas about an especific theme.It has three parts:• Topic sentence• Supporting sentences• Concluding sentence

UNITY AND COHERENCE Paragraphs should be linked together

by means of logical connectors, eg : plus, but, otherwise, so, it should be noted, based on, anyway, among many others. For this reason every sentence should follow a cohesion and consistency to be read logically and supporting the main idea.

How to present written material is important, that is, an essay, a narrative, an academic text, or any other is built around paragraphs, they work together to ease the reader to understand the organization that the writer gave his text as a paragraph that consists of a series of phrases to be coherently organized around a single theme, the writer's motto should be "a paragraph - an argument"

AID OF A DICTIONARY Some institutes, schools,

universities and academies places prefer implant one particular dictionary. For this reason a good writer must be maintain his /her style and it permits understand the theme better, also he/she must be sure to use the right specialized dictionary for task, assignments, copy, edit and finally makes an excellent work.

GOOD LANGUAGEA good writer has to learn by using a dictionary effectively He/she has to read important information such as the meanings of a word, its synonymous , its place into the text. And its possible use to explain a main idea, a dictionary helps too how entries are arranged ( the word, and the variations of the same ,its definition, etc.).

Descriptive paragraphs: Tell how are objects, people, places, animals, feelings. as its name suggests is responsible for describing the object,

person, ideas or situations that are written. When a description is made must take into account several factors such as logical order, in an orderly manner and with good cohesion, ie, if we talk about general to reach the particular, if you type in the past continue the description must be at the same time, to maintain the coherence:

The Illustrious Client“Both Holmes and I had a weakness for the Turkishbath. It was over a smoke in the pleasant lassitudeof the drying-room that I have found himless reticent and more human than anywhere else”https://sherlock-holm.es/stories/pdf/a4/1-sided/case.pdf

Narrative paragraphs

This paragraph is responsible for exposing situations that follow an order temporarily narrating facts, events, actions, loaded situations verbs of action, suspense, fear and many items as the writer want to add without losing the thread of the plot.

The Lord of the Rings Chapter 10The Breaking of the FellowshipAragorn led them to the right arm of the River. Here upon its western side under the shadow of Tol Brandir a green lawn ran down to the water from the feet of Amon Hen. Behind it rose the first gentle slopes of the hill clad with trees, and trees marched away westward along the curving shores of the lake. A little spring fell tumbling down and fed the grass.

http://www.ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/tolkien__the_lord_of_the_rings_1__en.htm#2-10

Persuasive Paragraph

This paragraph can go to the beginning of the text and its goal is to present a thesis or idea that should convince anyone that what is argued can be true or false.

HAMLET:

To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them.

A monologue from the play by William Shakespeare

http://www.monologuearchive.com/s/shakespeare_001.html

Expository ParagraphsThis text is perhaps the most organized of all because it is responsible for presenting information in a linear fashion, ie, disclosed data, content, themes, structured manner are easy to read.Expository paragraph about pollutionPollution is the introduction of substances in a way that causes it to be unsafe or unfit for use. The medium can be an ecosystem, a physical medium or a living being. The contaminant may be a chemical, energy substance (such as sound, heat, light or radioactivity).(translate from: http://reglasespanol.about.com/od/Tipos-de-textos/fl/Ejemplos-de-paacuterrafos-expositivos.htm)