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Chapter Fourteen
Definition
College Writing Skills with Readings, 9/e
John Langan
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Definition
In order to be fully
understood, we often
have to define our terms.
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Definition For example:
STATEMENT
Larry is really inconsiderate.
DEFINITION By “inconsiderate,” I mean that he borrowed my economics book “overnight,” but didn’t return it for a week, and then delivered it covered with coffee stains!
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Definition
In a written definition, we make
clear in a more
detailed and formal way our
understanding of a term in
order to illustrate a point.
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Definition
Such a definition typically starts with
one meaning of a
term.
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Definition For example:
STATEMENT
Many students behave like zombies.
DEFINITION Student “zombies” are the ones who walk into class late, without books or papers, and sit in the very last row of class listening to music.
