DEFINITION
Points to Remember
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Remember that you are obligated to define
key terms that you use in your writing—
such as Marxism, alternative medicine,
nontraditional student.
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Understand your purpose in defining: to
explain, to entertain, to persuade, to set
boundaries, or to establish a standard.
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Understand how writers construct an
argument from a definition. For example,
by defining the good life or good
government, they argue for that kind of
life or government.
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Know the several ways of defining: giving
examples, analyzing qualities, attributing
characteristics, defining negatively, using
analogies, and showing function.
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Learn to use definition in combination
with other strategies, as a basis on which
to build an argument, or as supporting
evidence.
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