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DIVISION-CLASSIFICATION:

  • Think of these as 2 sides of the same rhetorical coin.
  • That is, while related, they move in opposite directions.

DIVISION

CLASSIFICATION

  • takes one item
  • and breaks it into several parts
  • it "divides" ONE into MANY

 

  • COMMON TERMS
    • roles
    • subgroups
    • subtypes
    • subgenres
    • parts
    • fractions
    • components
    • sections

 

  • PURPOSE
    • to divide, separate, segregate, split
    • to partition one item into its significant parts

 

  • takes many items
  • and groups them
  • it collects MANY into ONE

 

  • COMMON TERMS
    • types (types of)
    • groups
    • genres
    • categories
    • kinds
    • collections
    • clusters
    • styles
    • varieties
    • classes
       
  • PURPOSE
    • to collect, organize, categorize,
    • to catalog diverse items into recognizable groups or types.

 

 


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