definition

• Definition

  explains a concept, term, or subject. Its main purpose is to tell what something is.
• Formal Definition

  The meaning of a word that consists of three parts: the term, the part of speech to which it belongs, and all the traits or characteristics that set it apart from every other item in that class.
• Formal Definition

  Term: freedom

  Part of speech: noun

  Definition:

  right to act, speak,

  The power or or think as one

  wants without hindrance or restraint
• INFORMAL DEFINITION

  the meaning of

  a word that is explained using known words or examples to define an unknown term may be synonyms or antonyms introduced by or in other words, or

  like.
• Extended Definition

  the meaning of an idea or word that has components of both informal and formal definitions.

  but is presented in a longer paragrapn format
• Listing and describing the parts

  identifying smaller, more familiar

  nieras an idea to point to the definition of the bigger concept
• Etymology

  the study of the origins of words
• Examples or anecdotes

  a brief, interesting story that writers often use to demonstrate a point within a work
• Negation

  defining a term b explaining what the concept is not.
• Evoking the senses

  using a word that creates a picture in the reader's mind so that the reader might relate through memory of sound sight, touch, hearing, or smell
• Environment or sector

  pointing out how and where something is used.
• Ramifications

  showing now the term or concept affects people or objects.
• Historical references

  showing how a word has been defined throughout history
• Usage and connotation

  Even though synonyms are said to be words with the same meaning, very few words have exactly

  give words special meanings.
• denotation

  All words convey a literal meaning, the specific meaning found in a dictionary
• connotation

  Many words, however, stir up emotions or suggest associations.