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College Writing Skills, Media Edition, 5/e
John Langan, Atlantic Community College

Division and Classification

Key Terms

classification
categorizing the constituent parts of a subject according to a single principle


division
breaking a subject down into smaller parts according to a single principle


division-classification essay
an essay in which one explains a subject by dividing it or by classifying its parts according to a single principle