Drawn animation
drawn animation is drawings just one after another but slightly different from the other. drawn animation is made up by thousands of different drawings and just played quickly one right after another.

cut-out animation
cut-out animation is any form of animation where cut out shapes are just moved around to the way you want them or replaced by other cut-outs.

Model animation or stop motion animation
this is filmed by using puppets, clay models, plasticine or even wire. the models are positioned to the way the are to be used in the film and filmed then repositioned and then filmed and just done over and over till the animation is done.

Computer animation
computer animation is drawings of three dimensional models and then put on to a computer. these can be put on to a computer by scanning the images. the wired framed models are scanned in to the computer as wire frame models but can be built up to the way you want them designed.

Computer generated imagery (CGI)
this is all done on the computer and very similer to computer animation.