1. Extended Definition Essay
Mrs. Puder
English 0300 – 0310
HCCS – Katy Campus

3. An Extended Definition Essay
Is an essay where the writer gives his personal definition of a term through the thesis statement, and the body paragraphs of the essay prove the definition stated.
Some methods of development to help define a term are:
History/Background – Search the origin of the term, and illustrate it.
Narration – illustrating the term through a short story.
Description – describing what the term looks, sounds like, tastes like, feels like.
Illustration-Example – use short or long examples to illustrate the term.
Classification/Category – put the term into categories, and explain each term.
Comparison/Synonym – explain how the term is like, similar to other terms like it.
Use synonyms.
7) Contrast/Negation – explain how the term is different from other like it.