Types of Paragraphs
TYPES OF PARAGRAPHS
Descriptive Paragraphs
Descriptive Paragraph – usually offers a description of people, places, object or scenes.
Tips for writing a good descriptive paragraph: • Use sensory details such as sights, sounds, smells, tastes, feelings and textures to create vivid images in the reader’s mind. Try to rely on sense memories of a specific experience to call to mind these details. • Use spatial order to create a clear visual image of a person, place, object, or scene: the location or arrangement in space from top to bottom, bottom to top, right to left, left to right, near to far, far to near, inside to outside, or outside to inside. • Description may also include or suggest time order because a person, place, or object usually appears in a situation, or an incident usually occurs or suggests a scene. • Use powerful adjectives in your description. Don't use words that are too general (such as awesome, pretty, good, or nice), as these in no way give a visual image. • Use similes and metaphors. • Include all the minute details. • Express your own opinion, attitude toward the person, object etc. that you describe.
|The Hot Fudge Sundae |
|In front of me on the table sat a beautiful pure white bowl, simplistic in design, hiding a decadent surprise inside. In the bowl was hidden |
|something that was not so pure, however, the irresistible indulgence was worth every calorie that I knew it contained. As I looked inside I saw |
|on the bottom of the bowl a hot, tender brownie loaded with macadamia nuts. I knew from past experience that the nuts had a creamy and smooth |
|texture, almost like white chocolate. On top of the brownie were two firmly packed scoops of ice cream, laying side by side, each one a different|
|flavor. The scoop on the right was a rich vanilla,
Descriptive Paragraphs
Descriptive Paragraph – usually offers a description of people, places, object or scenes.
Tips for writing a good descriptive paragraph: • Use sensory details such as sights, sounds, smells, tastes, feelings and textures to create vivid images in the reader’s mind. Try to rely on sense memories of a specific experience to call to mind these details. • Use spatial order to create a clear visual image of a person, place, object, or scene: the location or arrangement in space from top to bottom, bottom to top, right to left, left to right, near to far, far to near, inside to outside, or outside to inside. • Description may also include or suggest time order because a person, place, or object usually appears in a situation, or an incident usually occurs or suggests a scene. • Use powerful adjectives in your description. Don't use words that are too general (such as awesome, pretty, good, or nice), as these in no way give a visual image. • Use similes and metaphors. • Include all the minute details. • Express your own opinion, attitude toward the person, object etc. that you describe.
|The Hot Fudge Sundae |
|In front of me on the table sat a beautiful pure white bowl, simplistic in design, hiding a decadent surprise inside. In the bowl was hidden |
|something that was not so pure, however, the irresistible indulgence was worth every calorie that I knew it contained. As I looked inside I saw |
|on the bottom of the bowl a hot, tender brownie loaded with macadamia nuts. I knew from past experience that the nuts had a creamy and smooth |
|texture, almost like white chocolate. On top of the brownie were two firmly packed scoops of ice cream, laying side by side, each one a different|
|flavor. The scoop on the right was a rich vanilla,