Section outline

  • Students will learn to write a definition essay, which will accomplish: providing a clear, one-sentence definition, and provide details, specific examples and illustrations, narrative, and compare and contrast in order to flesh out that definition. Students will use both denotation and connotation when defining a term for an audience of their peers.   

    Image: Dictionary by www.quotecatalog.com courtesy of Flickr. CC-BY 2.0.


    Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:
    1. Compose a clear, succinct definition of a nuanced term or concept.
    2. Illustrate a core definition by providing examples that represent the range of possible meanings of the term of concept.

    3. Understand and apply the concepts of denotation and connotation to increase clarity of a term or concept's definition.

    To achieve these objectives: 

    1. Read the Module 4 Introduction
    2. Read chapter 7 on Definition in Writing Rhetorically. 
    3. Complete the two sets of discussion questions and the Your Turn activity that appear in chapter 7.
    4. Review the Definition and Illustration assignment sheet and the student worksheet.

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