Ch. 8 Exemplification and Ch. 12 Classification/ Division - Overview

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Ch. 8 Exemplification and Ch. 12 Classification/
Division - Overview

• Exemplification uses one or more particular
  cases, or examples, to illustrate or explain a
  general point or an abstract concept (211).
• Use examples to
• Explain and clarify (212)
• Add interest (212-213)
• Persuade (213)
• Test your thesis (213-214)
• Enough and Fair Range of Examples (214-215)
• Use Order of Importance
• Arrange examples from one body paragraph to
  the next in order of importance (216).
• Within each paragraph, you can arrange examples
  chronologically (215).
• Two ways to do Exemplification
• Classification at least three groups of examples
  (215) or
• Division at least three parts of one extended
  example (215-216)

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Ch. 12 Classification and Division

• Classification individual items into
  categories (435).
• Principle of Classification the quality your
  items have in common (436) in your thesis
• Each category is a topic sentence.
• Examples
• Three different kinds of jobs that have one thing
  in common
• Three different kinds of educational experiences
  that have one thing in common
• Josie Martinezs What I Learned (442-445)

• Division breaking a whole into parts (435).
• Each characteristic is a topic sentence.
• Examples
• One job with its three parts (characteristics)
• Grace Kus Midnight (221-223)
• One educational experience with its three parts
  (characteristics)

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Peer Editing Worksheets

• Exemplification (224-225)
• Classification/Division (447)