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Brannan: A Writer's Workshop
A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays
Bob Brannan, Johnson County Community College
Defining Ideas-Combining Patterns of Development

Glossary

definition  the meaning of a term; also, a pattern of essay development in which a term or concept is defined
formal definition  the definition of a word found in the dictionary
synonyms  two words with the same meaning or nearly the same meaning. Ex: wrath and rage.








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