1. Arguments of Definition
Everything’s An Argument Chapter 8

2. Understanding Arguments of Definition
Open your book to page 218. Read the two paragraphs under this heading
Should the term “refugees” have been used to define those who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina?

3. Not Just Words
Look at the images on page 220 & Share with an elbow partner the definitions of “patriotism” each word suggests.

4. “under construction”
Many social, political and scientific definitions are reargued and reshaped for the time period
Read p. 222 beginning at the third paragraph “Attempts to redefine…” to the end of the section

5. I Disagree! Yes, you can disagree with a dictionary definition
Or they can be starting points to lead you to a definition

6. Kinds of Definitions Formal Definitions: From dictionaries
Kinds of Formal Definition Questions:
Ex: Is tobacco a drug or a crop?
Ex: Is hate speech protected by the First Amendment?
Turn to page 225. Look at the visual and answer the question.

7. Kinds of Definitions
Operational Definition: identifies an object or idea not in terms of what it is but what it does (by the operations that create it)
The operational definition of a peanut butter sandwich might be simply "the result of putting peanut butter on a slice of bread with a butter knife and laying a second equally sized slice of bread on top

8. Kinds of Definitions Operational Definitions
Questions related to them:
Is a volunteer who is paid still a volunteer?
Was the act really sexual harassment if the accused believed the interest was mutual?

9. Kinds of Definitions
Definitions by Example: define a class by listing its members
Ex:
One might define “planets” by listing all nine major bodies in orbit around the sun

10. Kinds of Definitions Examples of questions related to example:
Are comic books, now sometimes called graphic novels, literature?
Does Washington, D. C. deserve the status of a state?

11. Kinds of Definitions Read and take notes on pages 228-233
Read ”Respond” p. 240 #3
Read “Pink Think” p and answer Respond p. 240 #3