What is the difference, for instance, between a “nerd” and a “geek”? A “dweeb”? Are there certain types or kinds of said term which can help us to define it? For example, can considering different kinds of love–carnal, platonic, filial, etc.–help us to define love more generally? Note: while this strategy may work well for “love,” it may prove less useful when the task before you is to define a different word–“terrorism,” for example.)
Comparison/Contrast (Finding similarities within differences or differences within similarities)
Cause and Effect (What causes “Juvenile Delinquency”? A term, by the way, first used in the 1940’s and now falling out of fashion. See the song “Officer Krupke” from West Side Story for the answer!)
Process (What steps or stages are necessary to produce a certain result?)
Analogy (Look it up. Get in the habit of looking up words.)
Description (If you were attempting to define “femininity,” for example, you might begin with description.)
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