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What is a Small Scrawl? A “scrawl” is something written quickly. For
the purposes of this assignment, it is a page or so of quick writing that

allows you to practice a particular method of development, in this

case, classification. Have fun with it!

Small Scrawl 1: Kinds of People

Write a Small Scrawl classifying and describing one of the following
categories of people.

gum chewers doughnut eaters cell phone users

coffee drinkers texters grocery shoppers

Small Scrawl 2: Funny Food Classification

Usually, we classify food on the basis of nutrition or taste. Just for fun,
classify your foods according to color (e.g., red, brown, purple, green)

or shape (e.g., round, square, cylindrical, spherical).

Small Scrawl 3: Treasure Trunk