Methods of Paragraph Development

To describe
 What?
Descriptive Paragraph
 Used when you need to explain the nature of people, places and things
 In order to provide this vivid detail, the writer must use language that appeals to the reader's
five senses
 Usually, the pattern is spatial, presenting things as they appear in space
 Just give and give information no explanation
 Uses observation
To Narrate
 Answer the question Who, when, where
 Merong dates
 Uses queues and transition device to indicate order or time
 Demonstrates the development of a person through the chronological retelling of an important
event
 Used to recall an event. It arranges info in chronological (time) order; events in a story just as
they happened
 The narration discloses a specific viewpoint, contains vivid details that support the story, and
typically expresses first or third person perspective
 May Emotions na involve
To Illustrate
 Giving example to discuss something
 An illustration also called an exemplification
 Explains abstract ideas by providing clear, specific, and concrete examples. It uses examples to
show, explain, or prove a point
 It is supported by a series of examples, cases, events, conditions, circumstances, instances,
locales, concepts or individual persons or things to make your point.
To explain
 We should be answer the question why and how
 If not described fully, it is descriptive
 Also called an exposition, it gives information
 It explains a subject, gives directions, or shows how something happens. Oftentimes, this kind of
a paragraph is used as a component of other types
 It is created in order to clarify or explain a problem or a phenomenon. Writing exposition
paragraphs requires strict focus on evidence and objective language