Discussing the key components of a championship sports team, for instance, would
be a division; for that matter, discussing the components of a successful division
essay is also division.
Classification Structure:
I. Introduction
· States thesis
II. Body
· Identifies, in separate paragraphs, the various categories, with examples
III. Conclusion
· Restates the categories of the thesis and, as a significance—or answer to
the question “so what?†implied in any composition, stresses the value of
this classification system.
Division Structure:
I. Introduction
· States thesis (idea or object to be analyzed, and to what end)
II. Body
· Renders the parts, in separate paragraphs, with examples and with
transitional materials to provide a sense of their inter-relatedness.
III. Conclusion
· Restates the parts of the thesis and (the significance—see Classification
outline, part III) attempts a synthesis or new understanding of the
constituent parts.