This document discusses two methods of developing a topic: definition and defining a term. Definition involves analyzing a word or expression by exploring its different aspects, associated concepts, and examples. There are two important concepts in defining - denotation and connotation. Denotation refers to the primary dictionary meaning of a word, while connotation refers to secondary meanings based on personal experience rather than dictionaries. Defining a term involves stating the term, the category or "genus" it belongs to, and distinguishing factors or "differentia." An example is provided of defining the term "gene" by stating its function in living cells and inheritance.

1. PARAGRAPH
DEVELOPMENT
: DEFINITION :

2. Definiton...
The topic is developed by defining a
term connected to the topic.
Defining a term may be divided into
three (3) parts namely:
1. TERM- the word to be defined
2. GENUS- where the term belongs
ang be classified as
3. DIFFERENTIA OR
DIFFERENTIATION- includes the
remaining parts and other
information revolving on the term
that is defined. It also states the
factor that distinguishes an entity,

3. Example:
A gene is a chemical unit of atomic proportions
buried in every living cell. It determines the structure of an
organism and frequently it's ways. It is capable of self-
production, and is inheritable. The gene develops as the
determinants of life, in all probability, in the long beginnings
of Pre-Cambrian simplicity, but genes are required to handle
the complexities of higher animals. And mutation is the
abrupt change in the character of a gene in a productive cell
resulting in an abrupt and usually disastrous change in the
character of the descendant organism. And while, one might
think that the change of a single gene among, say a
thousand, would have a small consequence, still is not so,
for genes modify the value of other genes.

4. Definition...
It is the method of trying to understand the meanings of
a word or an expression. It is analyzing, delineating,
exploring, and discovering the different aspects of a
particular concept. It is also knowing what concepts are
associated with a word and what are not, what is like,
what are its causes and effects, and what some
example of it are. The two (2) important concepts most
often associated with defining are:
• DENOTATION
• CONNOTATION

5. Example:
DENOTATION:
It is the primary, explicit, or literal definiton of a
word, and is the meaning of a word based on the
Dictionary.
(ie. Rose is any of a genus of usually prickly shrubs
with pinnate leaves and showy flowers having Five
petals in the wild state but being often double or partly
double under cultivation.)

6. Example:
CONNOTATION:
It is the secondary meaning of a word, not
necessarily included in the dictionary, rather, it is how
people understand a word based on their own personal
or consensual experiences and not based on the
Dictionary.
(ie. A bouquet of roses is usually what a person gives to
his/her beloved one. Beyond its scientific name, a rose
can also connote Love and Romance.