Blog Post #10: Definition of Classification and DIvision

One of the rhetorical tools that we are learning about in class is the use of Classification and Division to allow an audience to better understand an argument. The word Classification comes from the root word Classify which means to group items, things, subjects, etc. with other similar things and to define the group. For example to classify a human we have the classification of living things:

Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:   Chordata Subphylum:   Vertebrata Class:   Mammalia Subclass:   Theria Infraclass:   Eutheria Order:   Primates Suborder:  Anthropoidea Superfamily:   Hominoidea Family:   Hominidae Genus:   Homo Species:   Sapiens

http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/table_humans.htm

The word Division comes from the root word Divide which means to separate items, things, subjects, etc. without any true definition of what groups they're being placed. For example we can divide similar objects like candy or paper, or we can divide things that are different like toys or people.

In the instance of writing and using Classification and Division as a Rhetorical Tool. In an informative essay with an argument involved we begin by taking a debate we would like to take part in and then look at each side separating them by similar ideals. Then taking each side and compare their points more in depth to assist the audience in understanding the debate a little better and learning each side's points to allow them to decide the sides they would like to choose. In the instance of an informative essay that's goal is to more greatly explain a specific thing or observation you group items, things, subjects, etc. and then describe them individually to give a deeper understanding into specific things within the overall thing or observation.