Written production

1. KINDS OF PARAGRAPHS
The type of paragraph you use will depend on your purpose
for writing. To entertain readers or express themselves, writers
use narration or description. Exposition and narration are used
to inform readers about something. Writers use persuasion to
influence people. Several paragraphs written about the same
subject might be very different, depending on why the writers
wrote them.

2. 1. NARRATIVE
PARAGRAPHS
Narrative paragraphs tell about an event or series of events,
usually in chronological order. Most short stories and newspaper
articles are examples of narrative writing.

3. Narrative writing can take various forms,
including:
Personal Essays
Biographical profiles
Autobiographies
Short stories

4. Good narrators use concrete and vivid
language to show their readers what is
happening
BEGINNING IN THE MIDDLE
• Inmediate Action
• The ability to flash back

5. EXAMPLE:
My Favorite Family Experience
One of my favorite family experiences was when I went to see Anne Frank’s (a Jewish victim of the Nazi
persecution during World War II) hideout in Amsterdam, Holland. I had read Anne’s published diary when
I was younger, so I was extremely thrilled to actually have the chance to see where she and her family hid
from the Germans for so many months. I walked up the stairs of an apartment building and into a room
with only a bookshelf in it. From what I remembered from reading the diary, there was a doorknob behind
the books. I found the doorknob and turned it and there was the secret annex. When I stepped into the
room behind the bookshelf, I felt as if I had stepped back into history. I found Anne’s room still with
pictures of her favorite celebrities on her walls. The Frank family’s furniture was still placed where they had
left them in the rooms, everything just as described in the diary. I toured each room in awe of actually
seeing how they had lived, yet with sadness to know how it all ended. Anne’s diary was no longer just a
book to me, but true heart-felt, emotional life story written by a girl I felt I almost knew.
~© Denise Rafferty~

6. 4. PERSUASIVE
PARAGRAPHS
Persuasive paragraphs are used to share an opinion about a particular
subject. Writers of persuasive paragraphs try to convince readers to
agree with the opinions in the paragraphs and, sometimes, to take
action. A persuasive paragraph often uses order of importance.

7. METHODS OF
PERSUASION
 Facts- A statement of what is.
 Referring to authority- An expert who can be relied on to give real facts and
information.
 Examples- An example should clearly relate to the argument and should be
typical enough to support it.
 Predicting the consequence- Helps the reader visualize what will occur if
something does or does not happen.
 Answering the opposition- Answering possible critics shows you are aware of
the opposing opinion and are able to respond to it.

8. EXAMPLE
Going on amusement park rides is one of the safest forms of recreation. According to
the International Association of Amusement Park Attractions, you are more likely to be
injured when you play sports, ride a horse, or even ride a bicycle. Statistics show the
occurrence of death to be approximately one in 250 million riders. This group’s statistics
are supported by those of the National Consumer Product Safety Commission. It
estimates that more than 270 million people visit amusement parks each year, and that
7,000 people out of those 270 million go to emergency rooms for injuries they receive on
amusement park rides—that’s only 0.00259 percent of riders.
“Amusement Park Physics,” Learner on LineWeb site

9. DEFINITION PARAGRAPHS
A definition paragraph is a paragraph explaining a
term or subject, so your audience comprehends the
topic of the paragraph. This can be done in three
different ways: Synonym, Class, and Negation

10.  Synonym is explaining the term by using the words that mean the same thing.
EXAMPLE: To procrastinate is to slack.
 Class is when you put your topic in a larger category to explain your term.
EXAMPLE: A pineapple is a tropical fruit that has an acidic and sweet taste.
 Negation means that the write first says something is not, and then says what
it is.
EXAMPLE: A snowcone is not an ice creamcone, but rather a shredded ice and
syrup treat.

11. EXAMPLE
Deja vu
Deja vu is a French word meaning "already seen", it has also been described as a feeling or experience that one has
seen or done something before. For example, you are waiting in line to check out at the grocery store and the lady
behind you asks you to hand her a pack of gum. Suddenly you get an overwhelming feeling that you have been
there in that exact same spot, talking to the same lady, even the same brand of gum. Even though everything
seems so familiar you know there is no way that could have happened before. There are many theories as to why
and how this phenomenon happens. One theory is that deja vu is connected with temporal-lobe epilepsy, but
people without a history of epilepsy have also experienced deja vu. Psychiatrists believe it is something in your
brain that confuses an event that happened in the past with the present. Another theory is parapsychologist think
it is connected with past life experiences. Whether deja vu is an experience of the paranormal or simply some
confusion in the brain, it is a perplexing feeling of having "already seen."
 ~Copyright 2005 Courtney Ming~