lesson 9

• DEFINITION - Defining is understanding the

  essence of a word, an idea, a

  concept, or an expression.
• PURPOSE - To give information to the

  readers as to what the author

  intends to explain.
• DENOTATION - the primary, explicit, or literal

  definition of a word.
• CONNOTATION - secondary meaning of a

  word.
• ANALYSIS - the process of breaking down a

  concept into its constituent parts.
• COLLOCATION - means that there are words or

  expressions that are usually

  almost immediately associated

  with the concept you are trying to

  define.
• COMPARISON - is associating the word or

  expression you are trying to define

  with something else not necessarily

  synonymous with it.
• CONTRAST - understanding how at

  least two similar concepts

  are different from each

  other.
• ETYMOLOGY - is the history of a word, explains the evolution of a

  word or how it has come

  to be.
• Exemplification - is defining

  something by giving examples.
• Illustration - giving an example

  and focusing on it to elaborate

  on the concept you are trying to

  define
• DEFINITION- personal interpretation of the author

  to an abstract and multifaceted

  concept.
• FUNCTION -it answers the question, what it is used for?

• NEGATION - a technique that you can use to

  define a word or a concept by

  explaining what it is not.
• SYNONYMS - are a single word or phrase

  that share almost the same

  meaning with the concept you

  are trying to define.
• EXEMPLIFICATION - elaboration or explanation by

  giving examples.
• VISUAL

  ILLUSTRATION - appeals to the sense of sight. use to concretize abstract

  concepts like poverty and

  love.
• FACTS - these are concepts, ideas,

  and statements that are

  generally assumed true, real,

  and/or existing.
• OPINIONS - these are individual

  interpretations of certain

  people on certain events,

  situations, ideas, and

  concepts.
• ANECDOTES - brief narratives within a piece of

  writing.
• OBSERVATIONS - also make use of description

  – appealing to the five

  senses.
• DETAILS - entails analyzing which is the

  process of breaking down a

  concept or idea into its

  constituent parts.