Example: ELUCIDATION OF CONCEPT

MARGINAL NOTES

Misunderstood Democracy (Title should not be literary )

Introduction
Democracy today is not the democracy known by the Filipinos thirty or more --------- --- Hook
years ago. The way the government is being run and how the people ….. the next sentences link the
……………………………………….. hook with the thesis statement
…………………………………......................................................................
Democracy is a concept that greatly affects the Filipinos and there is a need to this is the thesis statement.
give a detailed and vivid explanation about this form of government.

(1)Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens participate this is formal definition
Equally – either directly or through elected representatives- in the proposal,..
…… explanation

(2)An ordinary citizen believes that if you are able to do practice your rights. informal definition
that is democracy. ….. additional explanation
(3)People
always think of Freedom when Democracy is mentioned because if you this is collocatiom
have democracy, there is freedom. …… explanation

(4)Democracy encompasses social, economic, and cultural conditions that enable analysis.
the free and equal practice of political self-determination.
Enumerate the parts of your concepts and explain each parts.

(5)Theterm originates from the Greek word demokratia,”rule of the people”, etymology
which was coined from demos, “people” and kratos, “power, in the 15th
century BCE to denote the political system then existing in Greek city-states,
notably Athens. Additonal information or explanation
(6)The term is antonym to aristocracy “Rule of the Elite” ….. antonym
Explanation

(7)Democracy is not monarchy, it is not oligarchy, it is not ….. negation

Explanation

(8)There are two kinds of democracy. We have direct democracy and indirect exemplification
or representative democracy.
Explain each kind or examples

Conclusion

You can use as many techniques in definition and in any order that you want to.
Study the marginal notes,
THE DEFINITION TECHNIQUES SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN A
SEPARATE PAGE, THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR PAPER.

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