Example of a Description Paragraph
Definitions and Examples of Different Kind of Paragraphs
Apr 2, 2009
Description paragraph is one of the seven types of paragraphs. It serves providing a comprehensive background to any essential elements of one’s subject of writing. It helps to define, exemplify, and situate thoughts, objects, or ideas in proper contexts and, even more importantly, attribute their crucial functions to the context in which they appear.
What Is a Description Paragraph?
Preferably, description paragraphs should concentrate on action (verbs), rather than sensations (adverbs and adjectives). Writers should assume the role of readers whose idea of the described events is, in entirety, constructed by the paragraph content. Description paragraphs should be detailed, clear, and render the represented reality chronologically. Rather than providing advice, descriptive paragraphs ought to focus on essential information that is presented in a step-by-step manner.
Example of a Description Paragraph
Read the following sample of a description paragraph and pay attention to the way in which information is provided – how the thought described in the paragraph unfolds. Also, pay attention to the informative content comprised in the fragment below:
Writers commit plagiarism every time they reword sources without crediting original authors or fail to reference their sources appropriately. Plagiarism through paraphrasing can happen in two cases. First, writer may choose to substitute some words from the original with different vocabulary, rearrange words, or rearrange the whole paragraph. In this way, he or she presents stolen information expressing it with his or her own words. And second, writer may try to use exactly the same vocabulary and stylistic constructions and use them with respect to another context. Plagiarism occurs in both cases.
Elements of a Description Paragraph
Descriptive paragraphs contain the following elements:
- Information – descriptive paragraphs describe ideas and things, as well as inform about their functions;
- Context – in descriptive paragraphs, information is always contextualized. Moreover, the context in which given piece of information is presented is also subject to description and evaluation;
- Descriptive language – descriptive paragraphs use considerable amounts of vocabulary that describes action (verbs), as well as vocabulary denoting value and attributes of thins (nouns, adverbs, and adjectives).
In order to write good paragraphs, you need to know how paragraphs are constructed and what types of paragraphs can be used in writing. Check out the Writing Paragraphs section for full information on the subject-matter. Check out Academic Writing Skills section for more information on the proper use of language in essays and paragraphs as well as try out several interactive exercises.
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