ParagraphsOnline version Paragraphs and their definitions by Volitakis Georgia 1 Narrative Paragraph 2 Descriptive Paragraph 3 Persuasive Paragraph 4 Expository Paragraph tells a story sequence of action chronological order beginning, middle, and end shows a person, place or thing spatial order appeals to the five senses can be artistic and deviate from grammatical norms tries to get a particular point of view accepted it's useful when building an argument often requires facts and research order of importance explains something, provides instruction describes a process, moves step by step through a method logical order relies on knowledge and expertise