category

The world is full of categories or groups of things, such as these different kinds of foods: plants, meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. Other categories or classes of things include fish, umbrellas, sports, and hats. My favorite category or kind of food, for instance, is pasta—it really fills me up, and there are so many interesting shapes! My favorite category of animal is the dog, especially since I truly love my dog, a golden retriever named Aslan.

Quiz: Try again! What is an example of a category?

• It is the kind of books that you like over all other types, such as books about history.
• It is a few classes that are offered at some schools and not others, such as Latin or band.
• It is a collection of all different items that have nothing in common, such as cats, toys, and pictures of plants.

• There were folders on most of the categories they looked up, but upon examining them, they found not one hint of Angel. —From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
• Which is how long it took Mom to guess six categories and win ten thousand dollars. —When You Reach Me