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E : P TCLASSIFICATION
SSAY REWRITING EMPLATE
Directions: Download this document, complete the 4 steps, save your work, and submit the
completed assignment. To complete the 4 steps, fill in the fields below with information as
described in the Classification Essay: Prewriting Assignment Instructions. Be sure to
complete each component of the planning to ensure that your content is correct.
Step 1: Classification Essay: Prewriting and Outline
Directions: Using one of the assigned topics, complete all of the elements of the planning;
otherwise, the content of your piece will not be accurate.
Topic: You will choose 1 from the following topics for your Classification Essay:
Types of Pet Owners
Types of Drivers
College Students’ Attitudes Aboud Plagiarism
People’s Attitudes about Sports
Modern Forms of Education
Three categories: Slow & Cautious Drivers/ Safe Drivers/ Reckless Drivers
Attitude/Point: They’re all about different types of drivers
Audience: Careless/ Thoughtless drivers
Purpose: To inform
Topic Sentence: There are different types of drivers that affect your way of thinking on the road.
Thesis Statement: The types of drivers on the road can affect how you made decisions while
driving, whether it is a reckless driver, a slow or cautious driver, or even a safe driver.
Brainstorm Characteristics: slow/cautious, safe drivers, reckless
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Classification Outline:
I.Slow/Cautious
a.Drive under the limit
b.Make slow turns
c.Hesitate before going
d.Afraid to change lanes
II.Safe Drivers
a.Do the limit
b.Signal ahead
c.Slow or stop at yellow light
III. Reckless
a.Exceed the limit
b.Doesn’t obey road signs
c.Swerves quickly to change lanes
d.Uses “Road Rage”
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Step 2: Classification Essay: First Draft
There are different types of drivers that I have observed driving on the road.
Even though they may be cautious or slow drivers safe or obedient drivers or
reckless drivers they will affect the way you think or make decisions on the
road.
I have seen slow or cautious drivers that are afraid to make a lane change.
They will drive under the speed limit, and will hesitate at a stop sign or light
before going. These are the type of drivers that will make you late.
Everyone would like to consider themself a safe driver, or aspire to be the
best driver they can be. These drivers will obey traffic signs, go the speed
limit, and will actually slow down when approaching a caution light.
Then there are the wreckless or careless drivers. They may have road rage if
you get in their way. They exceeded the speed limit, ignore all posted limits
and signs, and have no consideration for other drivers. This is not the type of
driver I want to be.
So what type of driver are you? What type of driver do you want to be?
Always remember to be mindful of your surroundings, obey traffic signs, and
respect others. Then you will become the best driver god put inside of you.
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Step 3: Classification Essay: Rewriting
There are different types of drivers that I have observed driving on the road.
Even though they may be cautious or slow drivers, safe or obedient drivers, or
reckless drivers, they will affect the way you think or make decisions on the road.
I have seen slow or cautious drivers that are afraid to make a lane change. They
will drive under the speed limit, and will hesitate at a stop sign or light before
going. These are the types of drivers that will make you late.
Everyone would like to consider themselves a safe driver, or aspire to be the
best driver they can be. These drivers will obey traffic signs, go the speed limit,
and will actually slow down when approaching a caution light.
Then there are the reckless or careless drivers. They may have “road rage” if you
get in their way. They exceed the speed limit, ignore all posted limits and signs,
and have no consideration for other drivers. This is not the type of driver I want to
be.
So, what type of driver are you? What type of driver do you want to be? Always
remember to be mindful of your surroundings, obey traffic signs, and respect
others. Then you will become the best driver God put inside of you.
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Step 4: Classification Essay Honor Statement
Read and sign this honor statement prior to submitting your assignment:
By typing my name in the space provided, I certify that all words and ideas in my writing
assignment are mine alone, and, if I used another person’s words or ideas (by summarizing,
paraphrasing, or directly quoting), I gave credit to that author, and I also put quotation marks
around any direct quotations.
By signing my name, I also understand that, if I have copied someone else’s ideas or words, I
have plagiarized, and I understand that the penalty for plagiarism is course failure.
Student Name: ________Victoria Sellick_________________________________
SHONOR TATEMENT
