In classification writing, things are organized, divided, sorted, or classified things into groups or categories. One of the most important things in classification writing is to get the right or best groups or categories. Once you do this, your ideas usually fall into place. Below are some helpful exercises for brainstorming, planning and writing classification sentences, paragraphs and essays.
7 exceptional classifying and classification paragraph and essay writing exercises
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Classification paragraph examples
Categories and Commonality: Practice with parallel structure (PDF)
Classification paragraph worksheet (PDF)
Outline for a classification paragraph (word)
Worksheet for brainstorming classification topics (PDF)