2. Supporting Sentences. Once have taken notes and formulated a controlling idea about the topic, the next step
is to extract from our notes the material we can use to develop the paragraph. This material will be used a support for the opinion or attitude expressed in our topic
sentence. It serves to back up. clarify , illustrate, explain or prove the point, we make in our topic sentence. We used factual detail may be fact from resources materials,
such as magazine, journal, books or the details may include things that we or other have to serve. Basically, supports come from the information we used to arrive at the
view we have expressed in our topic sentence. When we are examining our notes to find support for pure the topic sentence, we may find it necessary to add material to
our notes. 3. Concluding Sentences.
After finishing writing supporting sentence, generally the paragraph is ended by concluding sentence. This sentence tells the readers that the writing is finished.
A concluding sentence has three main purposes : a. It summarizes the main point of the paragraph.
b. It gives the final comment on the topic and the readers with the most important ideas to think about.
c. It signals the end of the paragraph.
3.2 Kinds of Paragraph
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There are four kinds of paragraph, they are : 1. Narration.
Narrative writing tells about what is happening or what happened. Narration is usually written. Informative and Persuasive writing, narration is usually written chronological
order. Based on the quotation, narrative writing is to illustrate something that happens. But
the primary aim is to explain procedure. The procedure can be given by given specific straight forward direction and by affixing information or advice about the procedure,
a method or an event. 2. Exposition.
Exposition writing is a kid of writing that explains or clarifies something logically or through reasoning.
This writing is known also as expository because it expounds on, or sets fourth, ideas and facts. The other words, exposition writing means to present information about a
particular subject or making explanations and interpreting meanings. 3. Argumentation.
Troyka 1987: 5 defines that persuasive writing seeks to convince the reader about a matter of opinion. This writing is sometimes called argumentation because it argues a
position. It is an attempt to prove a point or to develop an opinion. It is used in persuading and convincing other to argue with the writer’s opinion or statement.
Based on the explanation above, the writer wants to focus about the descriptive paragraph.
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4. Description. Descriptive paragraph is a paragraph which describe about something such as
describe a person, describe place, and describe an object. The paragraph depends on the writer intention which paragraph he or she wants the kind of write. In another
words a descriptive paragraph is a piece of writing which determines the central forms for the description, details that I to complete the idea such as the description of places,
events and things. A good descriptive paragraph let the readers’ experiences imitate the materials as they
read. The descriptive paragraph has elaborated a purpose to convey the reader. It attempts to paint a picture object. A successful description doesn’t depend on morally
visual effects, however it attends to evoke all sense by identifying a subject significant features and by arranging those features in an appropriate patterns.
3.3 Analysis of Grammatical Errors in Descriptive Paragraph in Jakarta Post’s
