Tells a story or part of a story.
Narrative Paragraph
Despite what dog lovers might believe, cats actually make better pets.
Persuasive Paragraph
The day I won first place in the box car derby race was the proudest day of my life.
Narrative Paragraph
My best friend's freckled face always has a glowing, crooked smile.
Descriptive Paragraph
is a group of sentences which develop a single topic.
Paragraph
summarizes the topic or main idea.
Topic Sentence
tries to convince the reader to support an opinion
Persuasive Paragraph
Gives facts, explains ideas, gives directions
Expository Paragraph
I would throw sticks into the water.
Narrative
keywords: belongs to, a part of, related to, hence, thus
Expository
I had a dog named Rex. He had one blue eye and one brown eye.
Descriptive
The Himalayan Mountains are the tallest mountains in the world.
Expository
is the first sentence of a paragraph
Topic Sentence
this sentence reinforces the main idea by summarizing the paragraph
Closing Sentence
Keywords: recently, before, then, finally, in the beginning, at last, first, second, etc...
Narrative
Keywords: size, color, shape, purpose, length, weight, above, below
Descriptive
