[kstndd dfnn] Noun. A rhetorical mode used to explain or explore a subject. Its purpose is to educate, persuade or entertain.

Extended definitions are much in depth that standard definitions leading the audience to rethink or explore a word or idea.

1. Subject is ____________________ 2. Subject is ____________________ 3. Subject is ___________________________________

Love is an emotion that can cause one to care for and do crazy things for another person. It is the most unpredictable and difficult to understand of all emotions

Subject is elaborated upon. Some common suggestions for things to include in your extended definition essay include: Further Descriptions or Detail The human race has long been fascinated Examples with the subject of love. Indeed, it has been Description of subject in action a central theme of literature since ancient Background or History of the Subject times Comparisons or Analogies Stating what the subject is not Finish your essay by __________________ the subject or saying something particularly __________________ about it.
Perhaps remaining a mystery is a part of what defines love

The thesis in this essay is explicit. Stephen L Carter clearly states his point in the essay. Although honesty is a virtue of importance, it is a different virtue from integrity. Pg.105 Telling Everything You Know- Honesty is not the same as integrity. For example, when you say something hurtful or share secrets, you are being perfectly honest but you are not showing integrity. Error- Someone with untested or prejudiced beliefs can act on them with complete honesty, but they are not showing integrity. It is immoral not to test one`s most cherished beliefs. Is a chauvinist boss who gives women easier jobs and expects less from them acting with integrity? Honesty and Competing Responsibilities- Honesty is often used as an excuse to avoid responsibility. For example, stating that you dont have to do something and then using that to get out of your duty.

Definition: [Integrity is] discerning what is right and wrong, acting on what you have discerned, even at person cost, and saying openly that you are acting on your understanding of right and wrong.-105 Examples: Consider this example. Having been taught all his life that women are not as smart as men, a manager gives the women on his staff less- challenging assignments than he gives the men. He does this, he believes, for their own benefit: he does not want them to fail, and he believes that they will if he gives them tougher assignments. Moreover, when one of the women on his staff does poor work, he does not berate her as harshly as he would a man, because he expects nothing more. And he claims to be acting with integrity because he is acting according to his own deepest beliefs. Compare and Contrast: The entire essay is a comparison between the virtues of honesty and integrity to show that the two are not the same. Honesty is not the same as integrity. It is possible to be perfectly honest and being doing something very immoral. Many people believe that being honest is enough to have integrity but that is not true. Honesty is the easy way of doing things, to have integrity, one must take the extra effort to learn about a situation and consider for themselves what is right and wrong.