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The Classification Essay
The classification essay seeks to categorize or, as the name suggests, classify, by means of a fundamental organisational principle which will be generically applied.
Getting started on a Classification Essay
The primary task in beginning a classification essay is to decide what organisational principle is to be applied; this is very important as the same principle must be adhered to throughout and it is vital that the correct method is selected from the first. Think about what you are hoping to classify as this will give you a strong idea of how to proceed.
Structuring a Classification Essay
The basic structure follows the format of most academic work, with the introduction providing the thesis statement and outlining the methodology. The difference with the classification essay is that the thesis statement will actually be the organisational principle.
You need, then, to state what the main topic to be categorised is and give an example of how you will be applying the organisational principle and an example of the methodology in action.
A simple statement of the topic and organisational principle will do at this stage, something like ‘people shopping for electrical goods can choose to buy online or from the High Street’. If you read this over, you will see that it is telling the reader both the topic (the purchase of electrical goods) and the way this is to be classified (by internet or in person).
Writing a Classification Essay
Following the basic structure of an academic essay as outlined above, the classification essay needs to develop the organisational principle and its application over the main body of the essay, building to a conclusion. However, having said that, there are certain specific requirements of the classification essay to which you would be wise to adhere in order to make your essay as successful as possible. The main specific is the organisational principle, outlined above, which should underpin the entire classification essay.
Further to this, you must ensure that your categorisation is comprehensive and does not omit important issues because this would diminish if not annihilate the validity of your categorisation. One means of doing this is by being very specific. Look back at the example given above; you will see that it needs further refining because there are other methods of purchasing electrical goods, both in person and from home, which do not involve either the internet or shops. You might, for example, purchase from a catalogue. Therefore, ensure that you include all possible categories to be covered in this organisation and to be governed by your organisational principle. Try to support your categorisation buy balancing categories appropriately throughout.
The conclusion of a classification essay needs to direct the reader much less towards a summation and synthesis, as with the average academic essay, than towards possible future variants of categorisation of the topic under discussion possibly by means of a quite different organisational principle or expansion of the one used in this classification essay.
