Collaborative work Edwin Valencia - Modern Languages student Valentina Muñoz - International Business and Modern Languages student Teoría discursiva - 2017-1

1. PARAGRAPH TYPES
Valentina Muñoz
Edwin Valencia

2. CONTENT
1. Types of writings
2. Textual typology
2.1 Narrative text
2.2 Descriptive text
2.3 Expository text
2.4 Argumentative text

3. Types of writings
According to the message to be
transmitted, you must choose well
which type of text is most convenient
for readability. This means that the
type of test to be chosen always
depends on the communicative
purpose.

4. Types of writings
Before making a writing, it should be
kept in mind to whom it is going to be
directed:
Family
Friend
That is what determines what kind of
language and tone will be used:
Colloquial
Informal
● Teacher
● Stranger
● Boss
Formal
Normal

5. Textual typology
2.1 Narrative text
A narrative text can be real
(Something that has happened to
the writer or he or she has
witnessed) such as news or
fictional as a novel or a tale.
It consists of
● A narrator
● The actions or facts
● The narrative framework
● The characters:
● Main
● Secondary
● Antagonist
s

6. 2.2 Descriptive
text
They present with great clarity the
traits of a person, an animal, an
object, a place, a phenomenon o a
situation .
It is necessary to observe with
moderation what is going to be
described, to choose the most
notorious characteristics
A description can have
different profiles, including:
● The objective description which
focuses on precision and accuracy.
Scientific and technical texts are
examples of this profile.
● The subjective description is common
to find the author's point of view.
Literary texts are examples of this
profile.
● The realistic, idealizing and degrading
description can be found in cartoons.
● The portrait. Physical and moral traits.

7. 2.3 Expository
text
This are written with
the purpose of giving
certain information
About this type of text, it is important to
take into consideration the structure that it
can adopt which depends on the content
that it intents to transmit
The description structure it
belongs to texts that
represent the characteristics
of reality
The structure of comparison or
contrast is used when there are
similarities or differences
between the elements being
described
The sequence structure
is used when the
different parts of a
process
The one that explains
causes along with their
consequences are called
structures of cause and
effect.
Its main objective is to
transmit information,
whether it is scientific,
didactical or purely
divulging.

8. 2.4 Argumentative
text
it aims to defend and give valid ideas
to a controversial fact of society.
It is developed throughout:
Thesis
Arguments
Conclusion
Idea or opinion defended
Reasons to prove the thesis
Final part of argumentation

9. Reference
Cervera, A. (2007). Proceso de escritura: organización construcción textual – Modelos
de textos según la modalidad: narración y descripción. Saber escribir, Bogotá: Aguilar.