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This page updated:  02/06/2020

Intro to Classification

Introduction: 

You've done so well with compare/contrast writing, that it's time to show you a more complex paragraph format that allows you to compare, contrast, define, and categorize ideas.  It's called classification.

What's the difference?

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At first blush, classification writing sounds a lot like compare & contrast.  In some ways it is.  But classification writing can give the writer more flexibility in showing relationships because you can

• Define categories or qualities that help explain relationships, 

• Show how items meet the qualities you've listed, 

• Explain points of misunderstanding by showing how items "fit" or "don't fit" the definition, and

• Pick and choose as many examples as you need to explain.  You are not limited to "just" the items from a Venn diagram.

Listen to what Shaun has to say.  Then compare it to our class discussion.​ (Zoom video 2/5/2020)  Here are the class notes!

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