Division: the separation of a class of things or ideas into categories following a clear principle or basis. (This is the process by which the categories are created.) For example, divide the following concepts into categories: system of the human body, types of students, types of friends, etc . . .
Classification: the grouping of individual objects or ideas into already established categories ~ mutually exclusive! For example, classify yourselves by earlobes type, gender, tongue type, athletics, & geography.
Read & take notes on “Friends, Good Friends—and Such Good Friends” by Judith Viorst pages 417 to 422.
Read & take notes for “The Ways of Meeting Oppression” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pages 412 to 415.
Useful vocabulary when using classification or division to develop your ideas:Nouns: basis, bases, breeds, categories, characteristics, classes, criterion, criteria, divisions, families, features, groups, kinds, members, orders, sorts, species, sub-categories, sub-classes, sub-divisions, sub-groups, sub-orders, types
Verbs and phrasal verbs: arrange (in), categorize, classify, differentiate (between/among), distinguish (between/among), divide into, fall into, group, place in, put into, sub-divide (or subdivide)
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