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Week 4 Giving Expanded Definition of Words

The document discusses expanded definitions. It defines expanded definition as providing additional context beyond a basic definition, such as describing etymology, sensory characteristics, parts, use, exclusions, examples, and similarities/differences to other words. An example paragraph demonstrates how a definition is expanded through numbered statements. Techniques for expanded definitions include asking questions about how something works, its parts, functions, comparisons, use, origins, and background. Developing expanded definitions requires considering a concept's features, characteristics, and parts to adequately define it.

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Week 4 Giving Expanded Definition of Words

The document discusses expanded definitions. It defines expanded definition as providing additional context beyond a basic definition, such as describing etymology, sensory characteristics, parts, use, exclusions, examples, and similarities/differences to other words. An example paragraph demonstrates how a definition is expanded through numbered statements. Techniques for expanded definitions include asking questions about how something works, its parts, functions, comparisons, use, origins, and background. Developing expanded definitions requires considering a concept's features, characteristics, and parts to adequately define it.

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Week 4

ENGLISH 10
Initial Task
Directions: Define each item in a sentence by describing each.

1. 3.

2. 4.
Week 4 EXPANDED
ENGLISH 10
DEFINITION
S
Learning Objectives:
• Explain what is Expanded
Definitions;
• Identify the technique/s applied on
the expanded definition of words;
and
• Give expanded definitions of words.
What is Expanded Definition?

 may explain the word’s etymology


or historical roots
 describes sensory characteristics
of something (how it looks, feels,
sounds, taste, smells)
What is Expanded Definition?

 identifies its parts


 indicates how
something is used
What is Expanded Definition?

 explains what cannot be included to


describe it
 provides an example of it
 notes similarities or differences
between this term and other words or
things.
What is Expanded Definition?

It comes in the form of


additional sentences that support
a formal definition which
becomes the topic sentence of a
paragraph.
Read the paragraph below. Observe how a definition is
developed by taking note of the numbered statements.

Mother Nature (sometimes known as Mother Earth or the Earth-


Mother) 1 is a common personification of nature that focuses on the
life-giving and nurturing aspects of nature by embodying it in the form
of the mother. 2 Images of women representing Mother Earth and
Mother Nature are timeless. 3 In prehistoric times, goddesses were
worshipped for their association with fertility, fecundity, and
agricultural bounty. 4 Priestesses held dominion over aspects of Incan,
Algonquian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Slavonic, Germanic, Roman, Greek
Indian, and Iroquoian religions in the millennia prior to the inception of
patriarchal religions.
Formal and Informal Definition
Formal Definition Informal Definition

A formal definition consists of Explains an unfamiliar term


three parts: using:
the term being defined  synonyms or antonyms
the class it belongs to introduced by or, in other
words, or like.
and its distinguishing
characteristics
1. How does it work?
2. What are its parts?
3. What does it do?
4. Can it be compared to anything familiar?
5. How is it used?
6. What is its origin and background?
Techniques/Approaches in
Making Expanded
Definitions
Indeed, one-sentence definitions are not
enough to express your views on a specific
term or concept. That’ s why it is important
that when you develop your angle in
expanded definitions, keep in mind to think
about the concept’s background, features,
characteristics, and parts with due
considerations to the techniques/ approaches
in order to define the term adequately.

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