Define the following:

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Definition

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Definition
Mode of paragraph development that answers the
questions:
 What is it?
 What does it mean?
 What are its special features?
Important because it clarifies the meaning of a word or a
concept and it also limits the scope of that particular word
or concept.

 Limiting the scope controls and avoids

misinterpretations, vague notions and/or broad
ideas
Different techniques of Defining
Formal Definition- Which you are given a term to be defined
and you define the term by giving the class where the
word/term belongs (the genus) and the characteristics that
distinguish the term from other terms known as the
differentia.

Example:
Term Genus Differentia

Definition Mode of paragraph Answers the

development questions: what is it,
what does it mean, or
what is its special
features
Extended Definition-needed to define abstract concepts

It allows you to broaden your definition by using:

Definition by Analogy
Definition by Metaphors
Definition by Comparison and Contrast

Definition by Descriptions
Definition by Analysis
Definition by Function
Definition by Etymology
Definition by Semantic Origin
Definition by Example
Definition by Synonym
Definition by Negation
Definition by Analogy

 A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of

explanation or clarification
 A correspondence or partial similarity
 A thing that is comparable to something else in significant
respects

Examples:
 After hearing a religious analogy about the value of learning to feed oneself,
Alison decided to go to college.
 The science teacher tried to make her students understand the analogy
between a cell and a car battery.

 In her analogy, the poet compared love to an endless well.

Definition by Metaphors

A metaphor asserts a correlation or resemblance between two things that are

otherwise unrelated.

A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially

something abstract.

Examples:
My brother was boiling mad.

The assignment was a breeze.

Her voice is music to his ears

Definition by Comparison and Contrast

To contrast something is to look for differences among two or more
elements, but compare is to do the opposite, to look for similarities.
 Definition by Descriptions
A spoken or written representation or account of a person,
object, or event.

Definition by Analysis
A detailed examination of anything complex in order to understand
its nature or to determine its essential features

Definition by Function
 An activity or purpose natural to or intended for a person or
thing.
 Stating what the term is for
Definition by Etymology
 the derivation of a word.
 A chronological account of the birth and development of a
particular word or element of a word, often delineating its spread
from one language to another and its evolving changes in form
and meaning.
 Semantics is one of the important branches of
linguistics, and deals with interpretation and
meaning of the words, sentence structure, and
symbols. It deals with the reading comprehension
of the readers, in how they understand others and
their interpretations.
Definition by Semantic Origin
Of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other
symbols
Definition by Example
A parallel or closely similar case especially when serving as a precedent
or model
Definition by Synonym
Using a similar word or phrase to define a word

Definition by Negation

Defining the term by stating what it is not

 Defining a Concept Paper
It defines an idea or a concept and explains its
essence in order to clarify the “whatness” of that idea
or concept. It answers the question:
 What is it
 What about it
Dadufalza 1996:183

It starts with a definition, either formal or informal, of the

term of the concept and proceeds with an expanded
definition and an analytic description of the aspect of the
concept.
 To stipulate the meaning of term by limiting, extending, or redirecting the
reference or sense in which term is commonly understood or to use in a
special way a term borrowed from another field in which it is made to apply
(Dadufalza 1996:184:

 Concept paper can be subjective because the writer can choose what areas to
emphasize, what explanations and analyses to include and exclude, and what
complex ideas have to be simplified.

Take note:

Even if the concept paper tends to be subjective, the writer still has to
make sure the concepts are clarified and explains in such a way that the readers
can understand and make sense of the connections.