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What is a Definition Essay?

A definition essay is writing that explains what a term means. Some terms have definite, concrete meanings, such as glass, book, or tree. Terms such as honesty, honor, or love are abstract and depend more on a person's point of view.


Three Steps to Effective Definition

Tell readers what term is being defined.

Present clear and basic information.

Use facts, examples, or anecdotes that readers will understand.


Choosing a Definition

Choosing a definition is a key step in writing a definition essay. You need to understand the term before you can define it for others. Read the dictionary, but don't just copy the definition. Explain the term briefly in your own words. Also, it's important to limit your term before you start defining it. For example, you could write forever on the term "love." To limit it, you would write about either "romantic love," "platonic love," or "first love."


Thesis Statement of a Definition Essay

The thesis statement usually identifies the term being defined and provides a brief, basic definition.

(term) (basic definition)

Ex: Assertiveness is standing up for your rights.


How to Write an Effective Definition

Create a definition. There are several ways to define a term. Here are a few options.

 Define by function. Explain what something does or how something works.

 Define by structure. Tell how something is organized or put together.

 Define by analysis. Compare the term to other members of its class and then illustrate the differences. These differences are special characteristics that make the term stand out. For example, compare a Siberian husky to other dogs, such as lap dogs, mutts, or sporting dogs.


Ex: A Siberian husky is a dog reputed for its ability to tolerate cold, its distinctive features, and its keen strength and stamina.


 Define by what the term does not mean. This distinction can sometimes clarify a definition and help a reader to better understand it.


 Use understandable facts, examples, or anecdotes. Select facts, examples, or anecdotes to fully explain your definition. Ask yourself, "Which examples will best help readers

understand the term? What examples would most appeal to my readers? Will a brief story reveal the term's meaning?" Do not use any examples that will not support the definition.


Remember: A definition essay is writing that explains what a term means. When writing a definition essay, remember to tell readers what term is being defined, to present a clear and basic definition, and to use facts, examples, or anecdotes that readers will understand Whatever essay topic you choose, you should be interested in the subject and familiar with it. It would be great if you had your personal experience in the matter you are going to define.


Sample Writing：


Obesity

What is obesity? Obesity is a disease connected to improper nutrition in a way that the amount of the fatty tissue of the body stored from the food taken starts being completely unhealthy. Doctors start talking about obesity when the body mass index is over thirty kilograms for a square meter. It is usually common when the amount of food exceeds the amount of corresponding exercises. Obesity is a diet-related chronic disease, which requires a longtime medic treatment in order to decrease the frequency of accompanying diseases and death rate. In other words obesity is “accumulation” of fat in the organism, which leads to the increase of the surplus mass of the body by 20% and more compared to the average normal body mass value (“ideal” mass of body). In different countries from 40 to 70% of the populations suffers from obesity. 


What does obesity affect? Obesity does not leave untouched any organ in the organism as it primarily affects the vessels in the body and therefore as all organs have vessels – they experience certain difficulties depending go the amount of exceeding weight. As the primarily result most of the people that have obesity suffer from hypertension, high blood cholesterol and high blood pressure. People with obesity may also suffer from diabetes and have high triglyceride levels in their bodies. The major group of obesity-caused body organs dysfunction may not be considered fatal each one apart but altogether create a very strong base of the probable fatal outcome. They are: dysfunctions connected with the inability of obesity-patients to reproduce, all types of respiratory dysfunctions when lungs do not cope with the body mass tension and certain

musculoskeletal problems depending on each given situation. The fatal illnesses that people suffering from obesity may face are the following: cancer diseases, the gallbladder disease and others. As a result obesity patients die early and very often from the cardiovascular disease which results from the prothrombotic state that the organism experiences from the extra weight.


Possible causes of obesity. The surplus mass of the body may result from different fermentative metabolic defects and infractions of different oxide processes in the organism. But in the first place all these defects appear because of excessive caloric intake on the background of constant insufficient caloric expenditure. So primarily it means that a person eats a lot and does not do any exercises to burn the calories. There also exists a possibility of genetic predisposition to this disease. In this case the centers responsible for appetite in the genes are damaged. Also if a person is experiencing constant stress and does not get enough sleep he may become a subject to become a person suffering from obesity. Nevertheless, it is very hard to say that each of these

factors by themselves can cause this terrible illness. It has more of a combination of these causal factors. There is also a large list of eating disorders such as the binge eating disorder that often later on convert into obesity. They have a lot to do with experiencing constant anxiety as they appear as an attempt o the organism to solve the situation.


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Unit 1 How to Write an Argumentative Essay？/如何写议论文？

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 1 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Material（补充材料）

--Induction and deduction

--Sample Writing

--Video--Logic Fallacy

Unit 2 How to Paraphrase?/如何转述？

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 2 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Material（补充材料）

--Paraphase

Unit 3 How to Write an Essay by Classification？/如何用分类法写文章？

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 3 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Sample Essays in Lecture

--Sample writing

--Classification of AI

Unit 4 Macrostructure of Academic Lecture/学术讲座的结构

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 4 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Video--How plants defend themselves

--Script of the above video

--Video--Three minute thesis presentation

Unit 5 How to Write a Definition?/如何下定义？

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 5 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Material（补充材料）

--Video--short-term and long-term memory

--what is love?

--Script of the above video

--Definition essay

Unit 6 How to Describe a Concept?/如何口头描述一个概念？

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit6 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Video--what is verbal irony?

--script of verbal irony

--The Spirit of Jinggangshan （井冈山精神）

Unit 7 How to Write an Essay by Comparison and Contrast？/如何写对比比较类文章？

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 7 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Material（补充材料）

--Sample writing

--Empathy or Sympathy

--Comparison of two scientists

Unit 8 How to Raise Questions like Socrates?/如何像苏格拉底一样提问？

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 8 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Video--Standardized test

--Script of the above video

--Socratic Questioning

Unit 9 How to Write a Cause-and-Effect Essay?/如何用因果法写文章？

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 9 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Sample writing

--Cause and effect essay

--Fishbone Diagram

Unit 10 How to Present a Graph?/如何口头描述一个图表？

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 10 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Video--how to describe diagrams?

--IELTS writing

Unit 11 Process Writing/流程图的写法

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 11 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Sample writing (IELTS writing)

--Sample writing in lecture

Unit 12 Listening Between the Lines/听言外之意

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 12 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Video--dude 1

--Video---dude 2

Unit 13 How to Write a Summary?/如何写总结？

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 13 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Sample writing

--Video---how to write a summary

Unit 14 Taking Notes in Lecture Listening/听讲座记笔记

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 14 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Five note-taking methods

--Extra exercise

--Video--how best listening to lectures

Unit 15 A Reading Method--SQ3R/一种阅读方法的介绍--SQ3R

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 15 DIscussion

-Supplementary Material（补充材料）

--What is SQ3R?

Unit 16 How to Distinguish Fact and Opinion?/如何区分事实和观点？

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 16 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Material（补充材料）

--Fact and Opinion

Unit 17 Basic Structure of a Research Article/研究论文的基本结构

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Unit 17 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Paper in lecture

--How to structure research articles?

Unit 18 Citations and References/文献引用

-Video Course

--Video（教学视频）

-Discussion Question

--Uni 18 Discussion

-Exercises

--Exercises--作业

-Supplementary Materials（补充材料）

--Citation and reference

--Reference and Citation Format

Final Exam

-期末考试

--期末考试--作业

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