Week 4

• Expanded definition


  Goes deeper than a simple dictionary definition, offering an expanded analysis and illustration of a concept that might be abstract, debatable, controversial, unfamiliar, or frequently misunderstood
• Giving an expanded definition

  1. Distinguishing the characteristics of a certain word

  2. Providing extra facts or information about it

  3. Giving examples

  4. Saying what cannot be included to describe it
• One of the first things to do when you write an expanded definition is to compose the formal sentence definition of the term you are writing about
• Formal definition


  Consists of three parts: the term being defined, the class it belongs to, and its distinguishing characteristics
• Informal definition


  Explains an unfamiliar term using synonyms or antonyms introduced by or, in other words, or like
• Questions to serve as framework for expanding basic formal definitions

  • How does it work?
  • What are its parts?
  • How is it used?
  • What is its origin and background?
  • What does it do?
  • Can it be compared to anything familiar?
• Techniques/approaches to making expanded definitions


  • Etymology
  • Historical references or background
  • Cause and effect
  • Description
  • Principles of operation
  • Classification
  • Contrast/negation
  • Comparison
  • Analogy
  • Examples or anecdotes
  • Illustrations
• One-sentence definitions are not enough to express views on a specific term or concept
• When developing an angle in expanded definitions, keep in mind to think about the concept's background, features, characteristics, and parts with due considerations to the techniques/approaches in order to define the term adequately
• Techniques/approaches used in the expanded definition of Freedom

  • Historical reference
  • Negation
  • Description
  • Contrast/negation
  • Examples
• Expanded definitions of words are one or more statements of explanation or illustration of a word, thing, or concept
• Expanded definitions help create pictures in the reader's mind so that they may relate through memory of how it works, looks, feels, sounds, tastes, or smells; or what does it do or what are its parts

  
• The techniques presented make it possible to discern which ones are appropriate to be utilized in expanding definitions of words
• Expanded definition of word goes deeper than a simple dictionary definition
• You could illustrate the concept of a word with anecdotes from your personal life, or examples from the news or current events, or write an opinion piece
• The structure of expanded definition of word consists of formal sentence definition from the dictionary followed by the appropriate technique/s that will help you explain further the term to the readers
• Providing etymology means explaining the origin of the word