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Writing skills Classification Definition Classification To classify is to sort things into categories according to their characteristics. Apples may be classified according to: --- size, place of origin, color, price or quality Essential to a good classification is parallelism. Sports: General category, Subcategory Particular form track and field events swimming ball games gymnastics etc. jumping ball games running floor exercise etc. In a good classification the parts must be parallel, and they should add up to the whole parts. Book Owners There are three kinds of book owners. The first has all the standard sets and best-sellers --- unread, untouched. This individual owns woodpulp and ink, not books. The second has a great many books --- a few of them read through, most of them dipped into, but all of them as clean and shiny as the day they were bought. This person would probably like to make books his won, but is restrained by a false respect for their physical appearance. The third has a few books or many --- every one of them dog-eared and dilapidated, shaken and loosened by continual use, marked and scribbled in from front to back. Expressions for classification major kinds of basic kinds fundamental significant primary secondary minor unimportant insignificant similar contradictory opposing contrasting clearly distinguishable types/ kinds/attributes sources/ characteristics methods/ parts/ regions factors/ origins/ categories classes/ qualities/ aspects classifications/ divisions 1 With respect to _____, 2 ___ fall into ___ categories 3 ____ can be divided into ___ classes 4 according to _____ Generalization vs. Classification 1) A wild stallion is powerful and fierce. 2) Everyone has three kinds of “friends” he wants to forget. 3) Many aspects of the American character can be attributed to the American frontier. 4) Students should not be allowed to smoke in the classroom. 5) American history as reflected by the concentration of people in c