10 Examples of Literary Paragraphs

Literary paragraphs

The literary paragraphs are those paragraphs that are used in literary texts, that is, they are found in texts in which language is used in an aesthetic or poetic way. These paragraphs are often used mostly in Narrative texts, What novels, stories, literary chronicles, myths, legends and essays.

A paragraph is a unit of a text that is made up of one or more sentences, beginning with a capital letter and ending with a new paragraph. The texts are organized in such a way that each paragraph deals with a central idea. However, in some literary texts this way of dividing paragraphs is not respected, because it seeks to break with the traditional way of writing.

Literary paragraphs can be:

However, in the same paragraph there may be narrative, descriptive and dialogue elements and, generally, these paragraphs are in a text that tells a fictional story and in which language is used with a sense other than the sense of language current.

Examples of literary paragraphs

1. The mountaineers entered the cabin. It was not very big but it was cozy, with its large windows and armchairs. Javier lit the fireplace to warm the atmosphere and Sandra began to prepare some sandwiches. They had dinner sitting by the fire because it was very cold.
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   (narrative literary paragraph)
2. Miguel had never seen an object like this before. It was a bright blue box that didn't seem to be able to be opened as it had no cracks or a place to put a key. It seemed to be hollow, because he hit it and it rumbled a little. It seemed that it had nothing inside, because he shook it and nothing could be heard. It was a very mysterious box and Miguel did not understand why it had been left at the entrance of his house. (descriptive literary paragraph)
3. Enzo asked his colleague the time, but he did not answer because he had not heard. Enzo asked him the same question again and his colleague replied that it was two thirty. Enzo told him that they had to hurry to finish the job, because they had to present it to the boss in less than an hour, but his colleague, very calmly, replied that they would have everything ready in ten minutes. (literary paragraph of dialogue)
4. The sailor went to the stern, realized that a storm was coming, and ran to the captain to warn him that they had to change course. The captain decided that they would go to an island that he knew and that was close to where they were. Fortunately, the wind was blowing in the direction of the new course and they did not take long to arrive. (narrative literary paragraph)
5. The field was in a valley surrounded by snow-capped mountains. It was very colorful because there were plantations of many types of flowers and, therefore, it smelled very good. To the left of the path that crossed this vast place was a cabin that had a chimney that fumed. Next to the cabin were two horses taking water from a small stream. There were no people outside the house, but the door was open. (descriptive literary paragraph)
6. "Good morning, do you know if this train is heading north?" Carmen asked a man at the station. (literary paragraph of dialogue one)
   "I'm not sure, I'm not from this place, but you can ask at that window," the man said, pointing to the station ticket office, "I know it stops at the main station in Paris." (literary paragraph of dialogue two)
   -Excellent! Because I have to go there. Thanks. (literary paragraph of dialogue three)
7. The hunter had lost all his hunting tools, but he realized that he did not need them because he could feed on the fruits that grew on the trees. He was very happy with this determination and decided that, when he got to town, he would tell them his friends that he would never practice this activity again, because he had learned to respect the nature. (narrative literary paragraph)
8. All the people were walking fast when they passed through the entrance of the abandoned house and I really understand why; the house was terrifying. The entrance had a grille painted white, but it was badly rusted. In the front yard the grass was burned and there was a stone path to the gate. The door had two two-meter wooden leaves, which you could tell that at some point they had been very beautiful, but they were not anymore. There were four windows, two on the ground floor and two on the top floor, which were bricked up. No one knew whose house it had been, it was as if it had always been like this, abandoned. (descriptive literary paragraph)
9. The bell rang and Estela answered, asked who she was, but no one answered. Then a voice was heard saying that it was Pedro. Estela replied that she did not know any Pedro and that she believed that she was getting confused about the timbre. Pedro asked the building manager if Marcos lived there and the doorman replied that he did not know anyone with that name who lived in that building. (literary paragraph of dialogue)
10. Gabriela went for a walk, made half a block, and turned right. She watched the shops open and the sun begin to heat the asphalt. She kept walking south, where the asphalt ended and, therefore, where the town ended. As she stepped on the grass, she felt better because she knew that she was not far from the forest. She walked another kilometer, until she saw the first trees and the shore of the lake. (narrative paragraph)

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