8. The CLASSIFICATION Paragraph

The Classification Paragraph

The Classification of Paragraphs

The classification paragraph classifies something into several categories.  Food, for instance, can be classified into THREE categories: main dishes, desserts, and fast food.

¿How can music be classified?

What other things can be classified? (give three examples)

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III:

Outline the following paragraph:

Individual paragraphs, the building blocks of essays, articles, chapters, and other longer papers may be classified in a variety of ways. At the essay level, paragraphs may be sorted into functional groups such as introductory, developmental, transitional, summarizing, and the like. Depending upon the purpose or persuade, inform, argue, or excite. Paragraphs may also be classified according to such techniques of development as comparison, contrast, and definition. Another development device might also be the classification paragraph, which organizes items or ideas to be discussed into relatively homogeneous groups. Such classifications make it possible to talk about a large number of paragraphs by grouping them into a small number of classes.

Outline :

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT – CLASSIFICATION paragraph

Write an outline FOR A CLASSIFICATION PARAGRAPH.   AFTER WRITING YOUR OUTLINE, START DEVELOPING YOUR CLASSIFICATION  PARAGRAPH.  TO INTRODUCE YOUR TERMINATOR USE: AS YOU CAN SEE, CLEARLY, ETC.   REMEMBER TO INCLUDE EXPLANATIONS OF DETAILS (WHY AND HOW)  INCLUDE TWO OR THREE CATEGORIES.

 TOPIC SENTENCE:    A has several ______________  that can be classified into 3 categories:  1, 2, 3. 4.

Outline the CLASSIFICATION paragraph (USE ONE IDEA)

	Topic sentence:
A1	Category 1
	A1.1. EXAMPLE 1
	A.1.2. EXAMPLE 2
	A.1.3. EXAMPLE 3
A2	Category 2
	A2.1. EXAMPLE 1
	A.2.2. EXAMPLE 2
	A.2.3. EXAMPLE 3
A3	Category 3
	A3.1. EXAMPLE 1
	A.3.2. EXAMPLE 2
	A.3.3. EXAMPLE 3
	Conclusion:

WHO IS SHAKESPEARE?

SHAKESPEARE WROTE USING A WIDE VARIETY OF GENRES.  TAKE A LOOK AT HIS WORK AND WRITE A PARAGRAPH CLASSIFYING SOME HIS WORKS INTO GENRES.

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