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This activity contains 4 questions.

Make a list of specialized terms and jargon that signify the unique language and culture of your future profession. Considering an audience made up of non-professionals, which terms can be defined with a parenthetical definition? A sentence definition? An expanded definition? Report your results.

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Take a simple everyday item and define it using a parenthetical definition, a sentence definition, and an expanded definition.

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Use a specialized dictionary to research the history and background of a term. You can choose one mentioned in the book (but not laser) or one from your field. Report your findings.

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Select a specialized term from the unique language and culture of your future profession. Go to the Oxford English Dictionary and look up the origins of that word. Report your findings.

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