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 HISTORY
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ITSELF
 an idea of what
something is or
how it works

something
conceived in the
mind or thought CONCEPT
an abstract or
generic idea
generalized from
a particular
instances
CONCEPT
PAPER
CONCEPT
PAPER
THE ART OF DEFINING
DEFINITION
- a mode of paragraph development that
answers the questions: What is it? What does it
mean? What are its special features?
- an object, a concept, a person, a place, or
a phenomenon
 DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES OF
DEFINING
Formal Definition by Example
Definiti Definition by Analogy
on Definition by Negation

Genus Differentia
Definition by Function

Definition by Synonym

Definition by Etymology
 FORMAL DEFINITION
- given a term to be defined Term = genus + differentia

and you define the term by:

Definition = a mode of paragraph
• giving the class where development + that
the word/term belongs answers the questions what
is it, what does it mean,
(the genus) or what is its special
• the characteristics that features

distinguish the term from

other terms (differentia)
Example: What can words can you associate with
these:
How will you describe a Rainbow to
a blind child?
An astronaut who was in the moon for 30
years came back and ask you, What did I
miss? What will you tell?
 CONCEPT PAPER
- An idea or a concept and explains its essence in order to
clarify the “whatness” of that idea or concept.
- It answers the questions: what is it and what about it
(Dadufalza 1996)
- It starts with a definition, either formal or informal, of the term
or the concept and proceeds with an expanded definition and
an analytic descriptions of the aspects of the concept.
 CONCEPT PAPER
PURPOSE OF THE CONCEPT PAPER
- to explain, clarify, or theorize a particular concept
- to stipulate the meaning of a term by limiting,
extending, or redirecting the reference or sense in
which the term is commonly understood