1. ASSIGNMENTS

2. Paragraph Writing:
DEFINITION
Definitional Information Transfer
Directions: Referring back to Exercise 7-
1, choose two of the formal definitions
which you wrote and develop each of them
into a short paragraph of extended
definition. Be prepared to explain how you
have extended or expanded your original
definition:
Purpose or use
Physical description
Various kinds or types
Advantages or disadvantages
Historically interesting information

3. DEFINITION

4. Identifying Problems in Definition
PROBLEMS IS DEFINITION
Directions: Below are some definitions
which do not meet the requirements for a
good definition. Explain which problem
arises in each. Then rewrite the definition
in an acceptable way. Your definitions may
be only one or two sentences.
A ranch is a place where cowboys live.
Problem: overrestricted
Your Definition: A ranch is a large farm,
particularly in the American West, on
which large herds of cattle, horses, or
sheep are raised.

5. 1. A grocery store is a place where people buy
food.
PROBLEMS IS DEFINITION
Problem:
Your Definition;
2.Art is something found in a museum.
3. Pollution is the process whereby chemicals
are dumped into rivers.
4.Language is a means of communication.
5. Democracy is a democratic system of
government.

6. THE FORMAL vs. THE STIPULATED DEFINITION
Analyzing Stipulated Definitions
Directions: Read the following three
paragraphs of stipulated definition.
Answer the questions which follow each
paragraph.

7. much over the two centuries of its existence. The
THE FORMAL vs.thinksSTIPULATED DEFINITION
average American
THE about personal success
in terms quite different from the rest of the
world. First, it has always meant providing your
family with a decent
standard of living with some margin of comfort.
Second, it means ending your life in a higher and
more prosperous position than you began it. To an
American, it is clear that success is the result of
hard
work, self-reliance, and is "Cod's reward" for
American virtue. The lesson that success lay in
your own hands became ingrained because it was
within the reach of any free man. Because
Americans have consistently been "successful"
within this meaning of the term, they have not
altered this view substantially.

8. 2. What is the topic sentence?
3. What type of development is used to
support the topic sentence?
(enumeration, process, chronological
order, cause-
effect, comparison, contrast)?
4. What kinds of supporting material have
been used
(examples, details, anecdotes, facts and
statistics)?
5, Do you notice any repetition of words?
6, What do the following pronouns refer
back to in the text? (One of them does not
specifically refer back to anything.)
it (line 4) it (line 5) it (line 7) it (line 7)

9. 1. A grocery store is a place where people buy
food.
PROBLEMS IS DEFINITION
Problem:
Your Definition;
2.Art is something found in a museum.
3. Pollution is the process whereby chemicals
are dumped into rivers.
4.Language is a means of communication.
5. Democracy is a democratic system of
government.

10. THE FORMAL vs. THE STIPULATED DEFINITION
Paragraph Writing:
Stipulated Definitions
Directions: Write a paragraph of
definition for HUMOR. Remember that you
will be stipulating your personal
interpretation of the meanings of the
words. At the end of each of the
paragraphs, indicate the type of
development you have used.

11. contrast)
2. Will be using the term in a way which
differs Significantly from the dictionary
definition (contrast)
3. Will be showing that the explanation of
the term has several different parts
(enumeration)
4. Will be showing how the meaning of the
term has changed (chronological order
and/or contrast)
5. Will be writing of causes or of effects in
the course of his explanation