The main contents of the chapter consist of the following: How to write a descriptive essay? steps for writing an descriptive essay, topic selection for descriptive essay, key points to consider, dos and don’ts, common mistakes, example.
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- How to Write a Descriptive Essay?
* Steps for Writing an Descriptive Essay ‘ Topic Selection for Descriptive Essay - Key Points to Consider
- Dos and Don'ts
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Essay?
- In a definition essay, you explain the meaning of a certain term by giving a detailed description of It
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Essay
Step # 1: Choose a term that you want to define and introduce to your
readers This can be done in several ways, but your main goal at the
outset Is to Indicate clearly the contents of your paper
Step # 2: Use several sources (dictionaries or encyclopedias) to see how the term you have chosen ts usually defined
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Essay
Step # 3: Present the term you’ve chosen to your readers In the introductory part of your paper
Step # 4: In the main body paragraphs, provide your readers with information about the term Along with your own
description, you can point out:
- some cases in which this term is used,
- as well as historical information about Its origins
- the evolution of its use tn literature
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Essay
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Some terms that could be chosenasa
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- Remember, that giving a definition is not just copying what has been written In
other dictionaries
— If you cannot define a brand new meaning for some concept on your own, then use the definition that already exists, but give your own interpretation of It
- Choose terms that you understand Do not try to define a term that you don't understand else you will confuse your
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- You can define something by explaining Its:
— functions — structure or
-— nature
- You can also define the term by:
— specifying what It does not mean
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- Follow the structure of your essay It would be logical to:
— Present your term in the introduction
- give extended explanations in the main body paragraphs, and
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Do narrow down the term if it has an
excessively wide meaning
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: DO look for good transitions to connect the parts of your essay together
‘- Do proofread your essay carefully to
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:_ DO try to think of a definitlon that would be uniquely yours
- Don't be afraid to be creative In giving non- Standard explanations; that approach should
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- Don’t use definitions like: - “X IS when’ or ‘Y is where’
- Try to make you definitions look more
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Don't try to write a paper on a too narrow topic or a well-known obvious term
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: DO not write In a superfluously detailed manner However, don’t be too brief either Consider the word limit of your essay before you begin writing
- Don’t repeat the defined term within the
bounds of the definition itself No one will
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- Trying to define a term that is too broad In scope for the essay
‘ Forgetting to emphasize the term that One Is defining
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- Ignoring the necessity of examples No matter how detailed and clear your definition is, without concrete examples, It may be hard for your readers’ to understand how or when a certain term Should be used
‘ Copying the existing definition word by word Instead, reinterpret the meaning Do
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What Is
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Turn on your TV and switch to a news channel Take a pencil and a Sheet of paper and prepare to take notes Your aim is to count the use of one of the most popular words in the
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Democracy can be understood as a process of people governing their state and managing community affairs all together, based on consensus Though democracy is often
defined as a form of government, to my mind it’s more
reasonable to contemplate it as a process, a _ constant Opportunity by which citizens may bring changes into their
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Along with the population’s growth and the complication of political processes, it had become almost impossible to conduct direct democracy This had led to a representative democracy, the model, which is used all
over the world today It may be
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Modern democracy implies many privileges that ancient Greeks didn’t Know For example, people now can vote regardless of their gender, skin
color, social status or financial
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- How to Write a Definition Essay?
* Steps for Writing an Definition Essay - Topic Selection for Definition Essay - Key Points to Consider
- Dos and Don'ts
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