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5. Read the following passages of definition and decide whether they contain definition by function, example, and/or negation. Be able to explain why you
categorized ideas as you did. First, highlight the topic being defined. Then,
decide the type of definition being used.
• "But just for the purposes of this discussion, let us say: one's family are those
toward whom one feels loyalty and obligation, and/or from whom one derives
identity, and/or to whom one gives identity, and/or with whom one shares
habits, tastes, stories, customs, memories." (Marilynn Robinson, "Family." The
Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought. Houghton Mifflin, 1998)

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