Classification Essays: Organizing Information through Types, Lecture notes of Latin

Download Classification Essays: Organizing Information through Types and more Lecture notes Latin in PDF only on Docsity! CLASSIFICATION ESSAYS A well-written classification essay includes all the categories that pertain (belong or correspond) to the main item that is being classified. For example: Cars can be classified into price categories: a.  Expensive b.  Moderate c.  inexpensive WHAT IS A CLASSIFICATION ESSAY? If we want to write a classification essay about MOVIES We can choose among several Principles of Organization: EXAMPLES OF P.O. 3. GENRE a) comedy b) drama c) historical fiction 2. AUDIENCE TYPE a)  Children b)  Teenagers c)  adults 1. CHARACTER ROLES: a)  Heroes b)  Villains c)  Damsel in disgrace It is fairly easy!!! If you say you will classify restaurants, and you think of classifying them by types of ethnic restaurants, you could come up with 3 or 4 different types…. Topic: restaurants Principle of Organization: types of ethnic restaurants a)  Latin American b)  Arabic c)  European d)  American HOW MANY BODY PARAGRAPHS SHOULD YOUR ESSAY CONTAIN? HOW TO ORGANIZE A CLASSIFICATION ESSAY 1. Your introductory paragraph has: •  a hook •  connecting information •  your thesis statement 2. Each body paragraph contains the same types of supporting details 3. Your conclusion: •  restates the thesis statement •  summarizes main points briefly •  offers a suggestion, a prediction or an opinion. MAKE SURE THAT…