The learner…

1. defines what a concept paper is (CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ig-j-1

2. determines the ways a writer can elucidate on a concept by definition, explication and clarification
(CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ig-j-20)
3. identifies situations in which a concept paper may be effectively used to improve our society
(CS_EN11/12A-EAPP-Ig-j-21)
Writing a Concept Paper
 aims to clarify the meaning of a concept (term) through various methods.
Objectives
Through this lesson, students learn that:
1. a definition usually forms the core of a concept paper;
2. this definition may consist of the original meaning of the term/concept, especially one of foreign
borrowing, and the modifications on its original meaning and
3. the later and present-day uses of the word clarify the concept further.

Key Concepts:
Definitions
Purposes:
1. To clarify meaning of words, or to correct misinterpretations, or misuse of a term.
2. To stipulate the meaning of a term by limiting, extending, or redirecting the sense in which a term is
usually understood; to use a term, borrowed from another field of knowledge, in a special way.
Ex: “Window dressing” – used to make a shop window more attractive to buyers. stipulatively used in a
false banking report to deceptively project an impression of economic stability or financial growth

Techniques in Definition
1. Formal – follows a pattern or equation:
term + genus + differentia (differentiating characteristics)
Ex. A robot is a machine that looks like a human being and performs complex acts of a human
being (Webster)
2. By synonym- using a word or phrase that shares a meaning with the term being defined.
Ex: Hashish – marijuana.
3. By origin or semantic history – Ex. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit “to join”
4. By Illustration – Ex: Known for their shedding their leaves in the fall, deciduous trees include oaks,
maples, and beeches.
5. By function – Ex: A thermometer measures temperature change.
6. By analysis (Breaking down wholes into parts, aspects into levels, and a process into steps
Ex: The republican form of government has three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the
judiciary.
7. By likeness or similarity
Ex: Brighter than 100million suns, quasars stand like beacons on the shore of the universe…
8. By analogy or metaphor
Ex: The germs and bacteria or antigens are like a gang of villains invading our body, attacking our
unseen defenders, the layers of macrophages, cytokines, and lymphocytes,
9. By contrast- use of opposites
Ex: Unlike those of gas, the particles of plasma are electrically charged.
10. By negation – stating what a term is not.
Ex: Wild rice, an American delicacy, is not rice at all but the seed of a tall aquatic grass.

TASK:
Read the text “Boondocks” and do the task below by pair in ½ crosswise.
 1. What concept is discussed in the text?
2. Identify the thesis statement and the supporting details and expressed them in a formal outline
3. Analyze the structure of the text by accomplishing the graphic organizer below:

Expansion Expansion Expansion

Core Expansion 1
2 3 4
Definition