6 pt 0 Definition Definition Definition Definition is a way of explaining an important word or concept so it is clear and distinct. The reader should be able to understand, as exactly as possible, what you mean by it. When an entire essay focuses on the meaning of a key word or group of related words, you will need to use extended definition as a method of organization.
Writers use several techniques to develop extended definitions.
A second technique is to give the origin, history and background information of the subject. Yet another method is to mention what the subject is not in order to clear the ground for what it is. As you write your definition essay, make it personal, amusing, vigorous, stimulating, and memorable. You should divide the subject into parts and define each part separately. The unfamiliar may be defined by showing its likeness to the familiar or its difference from it.