It is where an idea is explained, defined, elaborated, or expanded and elucidated.

• Concept

• Position

• Survey

• Critical Approaches

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

1. It is a type of writing that clarifies the "whatness" of an idea or concept.

• Concept Paper

• Position Paper

• Critique Paper

• Survey Report

It is a mode of paragraph development that answers the questions: What is it? What does it mean? What are its special features? The word to be defined may be an object, a concept, a person, a place, or a phenomenon.

• Elucidation

• Definition

• Clarification

• Exemplification

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

It outlines what others have written about the general topic and focuses on the gap in knowledge to be filled, the problem to be solved, or the need to be addressed by the proposed project.

• Description

• Recommendation

• Introduction

• Purpose

It is one of the introductory processes of writing a concept paper; clarifies the meaning of a word or a concept.

• Definition

• Explication

• Clarification

• Exemplification

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

It refers to the dictionary definition of a word

• Literary

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Figures of Speech

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

It is a type of definition that define abstract concepts; definition using analogy, metaphors, comparison and contrast, descriptions, analysis, functions, etymology, and semantic origin

• Extended Definition

• Definition by Etymology

• Definition by Contrast

• Definition by Function

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It is the process by which abstract concepts are linked to the real world variations so that they can be observed by appropriate methods

• Explication

• Elucidation

• Exemplification

• Description

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The process of explication from examples to generalization

• Deductive

• Inductive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

It is the process of explication from generalization to examples

• Deductive

• Inductive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5