Write a classification essay in which you break a broad or complex topic into categories according to some logical organizing principle. Be sure to show the special features of each category and also, where appropriate, how the features of each group vary among the categories. Use the tips on the preceding pages and the student model later in this chapter on pages 245 (Links to an external site.)247 (Links to an external site.) as guides. The following list of subjects may offer you some ideas for a topic for your classification paper. Notice how some subjects can easily be limited further than they are: summer jobs could be limited to summer jobs at resorts, outstanding teachers to outstanding physical education teachers, and so on.

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