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CLASSIFICATION - INTRODUCTION
■Classifying
Classifying is arranging information into categories or groups. All the items that are
in a category or group are related to each other. The name or description of the
category shows the relationship among the various items in the group. If you break
your notes into categories, you will have an easier time learning the material. For
example, if you were studying earthquakes, you might divide your notes into these
categories: the causes of earthquakes, the effects of earthquakes, and measuring
earthquakes.
CLASSIFICATION - INTRODUCTION
Classification is sifting through many things, items, or ideas and sorting them into groups,
classes, or categories. It is a method that makes it easier for the mind to handle many unrelated
ideas because they have been arranged into some kind of order.
Classification is closely related to division and involves organizing subjects into categories or
groups based on shared characteristics. It reflects how we naturally think, as seen in how we
classify the plant and animal Kingdoms Into phyla, genera, families, and species like the Army,
Nary, Air Force how we classify military branches Marines, and Coast Guard.
DIVISION - INTRODUCTION
Division refers to any piece of writing that breaks a subject down into smaller
Units
For example, an essay about automobiles that analyzes and classifies them
according to size is developed through division.
Similarly, an essay discussing different personality typer is also developed by
division Division helps in understanding complex onbjects by separating them
into distinct parks.
CLASSIFICATION - INTRODUCTION
■Graphic organizers
New information is sometimes easier to understand if you organize it
visually. The process of classifying and organizing information in a
graphic organizer will help you learn the information. Studying
information in a graphic organizer, such as a map, chart, or diagram, is
often more effective than studying the same information in a paragraph.
CLASSIFICATION - INTRODUCTION
CLASSIFICATION
When you are writing about a number of ideas, consider classfying them into groups or categories. For example,
in the follwing passage about the Titanic, a passenger ship that sank in 1912 the writer classifies people on the
ship by social status.
In fact, the Titanic was a kind of floating layer cake, composed of a cross-section of the society of the day. The
bottom layer was made up of the most lowly manual laborers toiling away in the heat and grime of the boiler
rooms and engine rooms located just above the keel. The next layer consisted of steerage or third-class
passengers-a polyglot mixture hoping to make a fresh start in the New World. After that came the middle
classes-teachers, merchants, professionals of moderate means-in second class. Then finally, the icing on the
cake: the rich and the titled.
Robert D. Ballard, The Discovery of the Titanic
CLASSIFICATION - STEPS
CLASSIFICATION - STEPS
CLASSIFICATION - FORMAT
I. Introduction
DIVISION (DIVIDING INTO CLASSES OR
A. Definition of the thing classified
PARTS)
B. Basis of classification
C. Main groups in the classification
CLASSIFICATION (DIVIDING UNITS
II. Body/Group-by-group description
INTO CLASSES OR GROUPS)
A. Main group 1
1. Subgroup 1
2. Subgroup 2
B. Main group 2
1. Subgroup 1
a. Sub-subgroup 1
b. Sub-subgroup 2
c. Sub-subgroup 3
2. Subgroup 2
3. Subgroup 3
C. Main group 3
1. Subgroup 1
2. Subgroup 2
3. Subgroup 3
III. Conclusion/Summary of the main points
CLASSIFICATION –
TRANSITIONAL WORD OR PHRASES
• Introducing Categories:
The first type/kind/class of... • Introducing the Final Category:
One category of... The final type/kind/class is...
The first group includes... Lastly,...The last category
One way to classify... includes...
is by... Finally,...
• Moving to the Next Category: • Showing Examples:
Another type/kind/class of... For example...
The second group consists of... For instance...
In addition to...
Such as...
Similarly, another category is...
Namely...
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