DBCT UNIT 3: DEFINITIONS

Definitions are the foundation of __________.

• communication

• reason

• words

• thinking

What type of definition is when the writer or speaker assigns a precise meaning to a vague term?

• Precising

• Stipulative

• Persuasive

• Lexical

What type of definition is when terms are defined in the way they are generally used in the language?

• Precising

• Stipulative

• Persuasive

• Lexical

What type of definition is when a writer or speaker has assigned to a term or that has been assigned to a term for the first time?

• Precising

• Stipulative

• Persuasive

• Lexical

What strategy for defining provides a concrete example of the term?

• enumerative

• definition by subclass

• ostensive

• synonymous

What strategy for defining lists members of the class to which the term refers?

• enumerative

• definition by subclass

• ostensive

• synonymous

What strategy for defining places the term in a class that helps narrow its meaning and then provide characteristics that distinguish the term from other terms in the same class?

• Synonymous

• Definition by Genus and Difference

• Etymological

• Definition by Subclass

What strategy for defining shows the history of the term?

• Synonymous

• Definition by Genus and Difference

• Etymological

• Definition by Subclass

What strategy for defining uses a word that has the same meaning or nearly the same meaning as the term being defined?

• Synonymous

• Definition by Genus and Difference

• Etymological

• Definition by Subclass

What strategy for defining indicate what sub-classes the word contains?

• Synonymous

• Definition by Genus and Difference

• Etymological

• Definition by Subclass