Techniques
Your aim in a classification and division essay is to help explain to your reader a complex topic. Following these basic steps will help you develop a strong essay: Take a complex topic and...
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Think Before You Begin
Topic Selection If you have not been given a topic, select one that you can divide and put into specific categories. The topic must be broad or complex enough so that it can be...
See It Across the Disciplines
You may be required to write using the classification and division style of writing in your writing classes, but you may also encounter this style in other disciplines. Professors use classification and division assignments...
Wrapping Up
Classification and Division in a Nutshell When you write a classification and division essay, you may get confused when you think about how you’re going to take the broad topic and divide it and...
Techniques
Your essay may discuss only the causes, the results, or both the causes and results. Once you have decided if you are going to focus on causes, effects or both, you need to keep...
Think Before You Begin
Topic Selection If you have not been given a topic, select one you’re able to verify with sources. While a conspiracy theory may seem an interesting idea, and you can demonstrate a cause and...
See It Across the Disciplines
Cause and effect essays are quite common in academic writing, as your professors will often want you to explore relationships between events. You’ll likely encounter some kind of cause and effect assignment in many...
Wrapping Up
Cause and Effect in a Nutshell When you write a cause and effect essay, you’re discussing events that lead to certain results. You must do proper research to be sure that you aren’t stating...
Introductions
There is no doubt about it: the introduction is important for any kind of writing. Not only does a good introduction capture your reader’s attention and make him or her want to read on,...
Introductions Purpose
The introduction has work to do, besides grabbing the reader’s attention. Below are some things to consider about the purposes or the tasks for your introduction and some examples of how you might approach...