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Notes Activity 2 - Types of Paragraphs

There are four main types of paragraphs: descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive.

descriptive tells what the subject looks, sounds, feels, tastes,
(vivid and/or smells like
imagery)
used to
entertain

narrative tells about something that happened - tells a story
used to
entertain

expository provides information or explains a subject, or gives
used to steps and shows how to do something
inform

persuasive proves your belief or feeling about something
used to
persuade

In this unit you will learn how to write an expository paragraph (to inform).

Paragraphs

• consist of one or more sentences about a single thought.
• usually have more than one sentence.
• never have more than one idea. (Sentences must be related to the main idea.)

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