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• 2. Selecting a principle of classification consistent with your purpose --- By the principle of classification， we mean the distinguishing features used to determine membership in its types， kinds， or groups. To be meaningful， a classification must group elements according to some principles， which provide the logic for the classification. • 3. Creating categories --- Once you are given a topic， you will create categories by organizing elements according to a common feature. Decide how to organize elements of your topic into categories. With your categories created， identify common features of each category
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• There are three kinds of book owners. The first has all the standard sets and bestsellers--unread, untouched. (This deluded individual owns wood pulp 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 The write is tryshinny as the day they were to be humorous. them as clean and His way of classifying probably like to bought. (This person would his classmates: make books his but suited restrained by a false Unscientific own, but is to his purpose. 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. (This man owns books.)
Unit 8 Education
Classification
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Unit Objectives
Definition of Classification
Function of Classification
Features of Classification
Organization of Classification
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How to choose right examples
• 1. Establishing the writing purpose --- Most topics can be classified in many different ways. How to classify a topic depends on your purpose because you classify information in order to make a point. The purpose of a classification essay can be to inform or to persuade.
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Features of Classification
• Classification is the division of a topic into smaller groups according to the common features in order to make a central point. It means sub-dividing a subject into its types， kinds， divisions， or groups. The essential characteristic of a logic classification is the use of some distinguishing features to separate one set of items from another. A type or group can have no meaning if its members do not share some common traits or features not present in others. Classification enables us to see things clearer—to identify the pattern behind seemingly random events or occurrences.
How to choose right examples
Transitional phrases
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Warm-up Activities
According to Subject Matters Language Binding Different kinds of books
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• 西奥多·德莱塞（Theodore Dreiser，1871～1945），美 国现代小说的先驱和代表作家被认为是同海明威、福克纳 并列的美国现代小说的三大巨头。生于印第安纳州特雷霍
Target Reader
Writer’s Gender Location …
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Definition of Classification
• To classify is to sort things into categories according to their different characteristics. • In a good classification the parts must be parallel, and they should add up to the whole subject. • Let’s try to analysis a paragraph.
dictionaries, literature, textbooks… English books, Chinese books, Japanese books… hardbacks, paperbacks… Books for teachers only, books for students, books for post-graduate students, books for researchers… Books by female writers, books by male writers… Books in the lending section, books in the reference room, books in the students’ reading room…
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• 4. Writing a thesis statement --- A thesis statement for a classification essay should do one or more of the following： 1.State the topic and the categories of classification 2.Present the common features that are the basis of the classification 3.Explain why the classification is important 4.Identify relationships between categories
Maiao Li， the fifteen students in his class fall into three groups. Seven of them work hard and study well. They always get good marks in examinations and are often praised by the teachers. Li calls them “good students”. The monitor， the secretary of the Youth League branch， and the captain of the class volleyball team， are quick in finding out what their fellow students are interested in or what they should do 1. How does Xiao Li classify his classmates？ as a group. They always organize proper activities 2. How does he organize his writing？ at the proper time， so Li calls them “good organizers”. Four other students are very kind to their classmates， always ready to lend them a helping hand. They help to clean the classroom and the corridor even when they are not on duty. Li says that they are “good fellows”. “What about yourself？” someone asks him. “I’m a group by myself—a good observer.”