Definition Essay

Purpose

• To expand or explain the meaning of a word or term to provide clarity meaning of the word or term to the audience.

WAY to Define

• Logical placing the term into logical category and clarifying to particular selected meaning or closely meaning to the dictionary

Example: Trust : an emotion that involves a connection between at least tow human being

• Stipulate what is commonly meant by the term, develop by examples

Example: Cool : mean something exciting and interesting

• Historical what the term has meant over the time.

Example: Cool : In 1900 means closely to the weather and then it started changing to something different according to the decade.

• Connotative The meaning of the term different social or cultural context.Example: Cool : refer to the situation you are in, or talking about at the time. When you outside and wearing a big jacket it show about the feeling you are in. According to different group or different places and condition.

Outline• Introduction

Thesis: what is the term, how will it be defined direction.

• BodyOne paragraph for each change in definition or example of the term in use.

• ConclusionWhy is important to know the term’s meaning.

HOW START TO YOUR BODY

• Classify : divide subject into type, describe each type.

• Compare: show how subject is like/unlike something.

• Illustrate : give example or narrate incident. • Tell cause: analyze why something happened.• Show effect: describe the consequence

Juvenile Delinquent

• Standard Definition: Underage person convicted of crime or antisocial behavior

• Pattern : Classify• Thesis : To understand juvenile delinquency, it’s

necessary to know the major types of delinquents.• Main points : The first type is referring to

someone who is the bully in school. : The second type is someone who writes graffiti on the wall

: The third type is someone who is join the gang.

Habeas Corpus

• Standard Definition: legal right to go before judge after arrested or imprisoned

• Pattern : Illustrate with examples• Thesis : The concept of habeas corpus is no

longer guaranteed in American today• Main points : Muslim American after 9/11

: Guantanamo prisoners: Bradley Manning

• Standard Definition: legal process of resolving the dispute

• Pattern : Classify, Narrate, Result• Thesis : Arbitration takes away

legal rights of Americans, and criminal to go free• Main points : Classify “force arbitration”

: Narrate: story of Jamie Leigh Jones, brutally rapped by Halliburton coworker in Iraq

: Result : Rapist went free

Adjudication