write a paragraph of 150-200 words in which you respond to one of the following prompts.
Things to remember:
Definition includes dictionary definitions and much more. Words can be defined via etymology, or a study of word origins and word history; ology, for example, means study of. When you read the course catalogue to select classes, you see psychology, biology, sociology, and geology, studies of the mind, life, society, and the earth. Another strategy of definition is negation, attempting to describe the meaning of something by identifying characteristics it lacks. The Christian Bibles I Corinthians 13 defines charity or love this way: love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. Negation suggests that a word is so complex that it cant be easily defined, so the best we can do is list the things that it is not.
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Present your topic sentence first. It should be the first sentence that appears in your paragraph.
Prompts:
This is the description for ENC 0022: Designed to provide instruction in written communication skills. Basic grammar and rhetorical skills including parts of speech, sentence structure, mechanics, and word choice will be introduced. Emphasis is placed on learning to express ideas in clear, logical standard English and on paragraph and essay development. This class does not satisfy general education requirements and generates compensatory credit only. Design a course called Me-ology. What would be studied in such a course?
Provide an extended personal definition of one of the following words: mother, father, freedom, peace, family, friend, America.
Define something by using only negation.