definition paper

AUDIENCE: Average adult Americans reading a major city newspaper. (Think Sun Times or Chicago Tribune) FORMAT: Standard essay format, preset margins, 12 point font, standard American grammar, MLA Documentation LENGTH: 3-4  full pages

A definition essay is not a dictionary definition of a word - it is your explanation of a concept or an abstract idea. In fact, you CANNOT USE a dictionary at all for this assignment. You can explain your understanding of the term through many of the previous styles of essays that we have used in the past: illustrative, classification, process analysis, narrative, description, compare & contrast – you choose your method. This type of essay is designed to assist you in being able to clarify your terminology and insight.

Your choices for definition are:

1. Freedom

2. Family

3. Responsibility

4. Home