What are CONTINUOUS texts and examples

The continuous texts are those who are continuously written and are organized into sentences and paragraphs. It is the most common type of writing and is used in most texts that we know: academic texts, introductory texts, investigative texts, informative texts, persuasive texts, etc.

In this lesson from a PROFESSOR we want to explain in depth what are continuous texts and we'll show you some examples so you can understand it in a practical way.

The continuous text is one that presents a structure made up of sentences and paragraphs arranged in a logical way. They are the texts that we can read from top to bottom and present us with information sequentially, that is, from the beginning to the end.

The length of these texts does not matter, since a simple letter and a complete novel can be considered a continuous text. These texts fulfill the objective of to entertain in a literary way or to inform the reader and are easy to read and understand. To understand them, you simply need to have reading comprehension.

The fundamental characteristic of these texts is that the continuity at all times. That is why links are used to join the information that is arranged in different sentences or paragraphs. At no time can logic or coherence be lost.

exist various types of continuous texts and their characteristics will help you differentiate them.

poetic texts

Are the poetry, within which we can find metrics and prose. These texts aim to convey feelings and emotions.

Narrative texts

The Narrative texts They are that they tell a story real or fictitious and the information is structured in sentences, paragraphs and chapters. The most important are the short story and the novel.

expository texts

They have as objective expose a topic in depth, by argument. They can also express the steps that must be followed to achieve something.

Descriptive texts

The descriptive texts focus on the description of facts, phenomena or processes.

argumentative texts

these texts defend an idea based on arguments, in order to convince the reader of a specific fact or situation.

Instructive texts

They are those that are made for teach something in particular. You can find them in appliance manuals or guides.

Normative texts

The sole purpose of these texts is display the rules and regulations of a country, company or institution.

You will see that the following paragraphs of continuous texts that we show you below follow the logic of a narrative and are continuously written, without jumping the reader.

poem of your deepest skin by Julio Cortazar

"I learned parallel languages ​​with you: that of that geometry of your body that filled my mouth and hands of trembling theorems, that of your speaking differently, your insular language that so many times he confused. With the perfume of tobacco now returns a precise memory that encompasses everything in an instant that is like a vortex, I know you said "I'm sorry, and I didn't understand because I didn't think anything could grieve in that tangle of caresses that turned us into a black and white ball, a slow dance in which one weighed on the other and then let himself be invaded by the light pressure of some thighs, some arms, rotating softly and untying themselves until curling up again and repeating the fall from the top or the bottom, horseman or archer colt or gazelle, hippogriffs facing each other, dolphins in the middle of the jump."

Fragment of the novel The world by Eduardo Galeano

"A man from the Neguá people, on the coast of Colombia, was able to climb to high heaven. On the way back, he told him. He said that he had contemplated, from up there, human life. And he said that we are a sea of ​​little fires.

The world is that- he revealed-. A lot of people, a sea of ​​little fires.

Each person shines with their own light among all the others. There are not two equal fires. There are big fires and small fires and fires of all colors. There are people of serene fire, who don't even notice the wind, and people of crazy fire, who fill the air with sparks.

Some fires, silly fires, do not light or burn; but others burn life so eagerly that you can't look at them without blinking, and those who come close, light up."

Article on literary language

"Literary language is one that writers use in order to convey an idea, but in a more beautiful and aesthetic way to capture the reader's attention. Depending on the structure and content, literary language can be found in the lyrical, narrative, dramatic and didactic-essay genres."

We hope that this article has helped you to know what are continuous texts through some examples. If you are interested in learning more about this topic, do not hesitate to consult our writing section.