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Ironically, the definition of the term “definition essay” is not very specific.  Definition essays are short pieces of writing on a particular topic.  However, not every essay on a topic can be properly labeled a definition essay.  Instead, a definition essay is an attempt to describe the topic thoroughly enough for the reader to understand it very well and might be compared to an encyclopedia entry for the topic.  Any of our example essays could provide a good start on a definition essay about the topic.  However, we have collected a sample of our best definition essays and included them below to help you explore the genre.  

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Paper Undergraduate
Cooperative learning approaches for improving student writing skills
Good writing skills are critical for today's students to be successful. Most teachers would agree that communication is pretty important in education. In fact, it's a necessary component of education, livelihood, and basic functionality in our society. It's also fairly obvious that there are two main ways to communicate, although more obscure forms exist. Basically, we talk and we write. That's how we let other people know what's going on, and it's an important skill to have. Unfortunately there are many students who do not write well and could really use work on their skills in order to get better.
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Date rape: definition, history, and legal challenges
¶ … rape is a less technical term for acquaintance rape where offender is identified as a non-relative whom the victim knew personally. However the extent of this relationship may vary from case to case.
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On-site childcare and effects on employee workplace productivity
Quality of care may influence employment in a number of ways. Parents may be unwilling to leave their children in a low-quality, dangerous environment or with adults who do not supply a motivating or warm environment. This may be a particular dilemma for lower-income families, who have more inadequate choices of providers. On the contrary, a secure, warm, motivating environment may persuade employment and longer hours of work.
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Leadership development programs and organizational commitment to staff advancement
David Mollish and Diane Landers, GAI Consultants, in their article entitled Establishing Staff Development as a High Priority Relies on Interaction, Tenacity and an Enthusiastic Executive-Level Champion, believe that…
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Paper Undergraduate
Test taking strategies and language test validity
One of the many effects of globalization is the increasing need for workers in all countries and at all levels of the socioeconomic scale to become multilingual, and English is still far and away the preferred language of international business throughout the developed and developing worlds (Cheng, 2008). English proficiency is thus a highly desired trait in many non-English-speaking countries,
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Research Paper Doctorate
Equity and inequality in California's public school funding system
Equity in California's Public School System
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Essay Doctorate
The Miller test and legal definitions of obscenity in America
For years, the Supreme Court has struggled to identify just what material is so offensive as to be legally obscene, and to define limits on the government's ability to control sexually explicit material in its efforts to keep up with the adult industry, and with changing technology. In the end the key to the definition of obscenity is the public display of an indecent item that may or may not be pornographic
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Watzlawick's multiple realities in The Hunt for Red October
Many of the principles that are detailed in Paul Watzlawick's non-fiction book, How Real is Real, are exemplified in the Tom Clancy's best selling novel, the Hunt for Red October. Despite the fact that one book was…
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Chipotle Mexican Grill's competitive position in quick service restaurants
This paper is about Chipotle Mexican Grill. The company's competitors are analyzed as is its external environment. The customers are also analyzed. The final part of the paper is a discussion of a new marketing idea for Chipotle, that being to sell its chips and guacamole in grocery stores as a brand extension.
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Paper Doctorate
Hate crimes legislation and statistics in the United States
Hate Crimes Introduction The definition of a hate crime, according to the United States Department of Justice (Office of Justice Programs), is a crime in which the offender is "…motivated by specific characteristics of the victim, including the victim's race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation" (OJP.usdoj.gov). The hate crime might be a crime against property, or a violent act against an individual, but in most cases the perpetrator shows evidence that "hate [against the race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation of a person] prompted" his or her actions (OJP.usdoj.gov).
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