Thread:AhsokaRules*6/@comment-112155-20180502141225

Taken from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/definition.htm

Some rhetorical points about defining things:
 * Avoid using the phrases "is where" and "is when" in your definition: "Total Quality Management is when management and labor agree to. . . ." "A computer virus is where . . . ."
 * Avoid circular definitions (repeating the defined term within the predicate, the definition itself): "A computer virus is a virus that destroys or disrupts software . . . ."
 * Avoid using a too narrow definition, one that would unduly limit the scope of your paper: "Reggae music is sung on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. . . 