TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS

TYPE OF PARAGRAPHS : DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

This week I learned that there are four types of paragraphs: Descriptive, persuasive, narrative and expository.

During the class we focused on talking about the descriptive paragraph.

DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

For this type of paragraph, it is important to use adjectives so that the reader can better imagine and understand what they are reading. It helps to create a mental image using adjectives.

The descriptive paragraph, describes and shows the reader what a thing, person or place looks like, therefore, it is important to choose well the words to use. It usually appeals to the five senses of touch, sight, sound, smell, and taste.

When the information is detailed, it makes it easier for the reader to use his imagination, if the description is incredibly detailed and specific, the mental picture will be clearer.

When we write descriptive paragraphs, there is a specific pre-writing technique, and it is necessary using a table like the following:

To be able to fill in the box you must ask ourselves key questions, for example: If we use the sense of sound, you must ask yourself What is the sound? is it noisy? are there people talking? etc.

Also, a table with adjectives can be created to make the composition more specific.

You can combine nouns and adjectives to facilitate the construction of sentences:

When you already have the pre-writing technique, you start making the draft using the information in the table, the use of this technique will facilitate the writing and development of the paragraph.

In my personal experience, this new prewriting technique helped me in the construction of the paragraph, since I was able to include a greater number of characteristics that will help the reader to understand the text in a better way.