Purpose: The objective is to give and explain a personalized definition of a word or concept.
Introduction: Introduce the word or concept, give the standard definition and introduce your own definition or the need to redefine.
Body: Shows your personal connection to the word or concept, then gives examples and analysis of specific points which support your definition.
Conclusion: Summarizes the main points with regard to the importance of the definition.
Language: Formal, academic.
Other considerations: Citations may be used where applicable to add weight to evidence used to support the definition.
Purpose: To arrange things into categories.
Introduction: First, we need to give the topic and explain what our main categories will be or why we are classifying.
Body: Explain each category and give examples of things that fit into each category.
Conclusion: Summarizes and offers a final thought related to the reasons for the classification.