ELUCIDATIN

G CONCEPT
 Whatever you are doing, wherever you may be and whenever may
that happen you are always peppered with questions like, “What do
you think of this”?, “Have you any thoughts on that”?, “What are
you going to be about it”?, etc.
 There are times that it’s very difficult to answer because you
always make sure that your answers make sense and meaningful.
You even get to the point where you form small ideas to bigger
ones and present it to anyone who’s willing to listen.
 It may sound normal but what you are actually doing is making a
concept.
Learning Task 1: Arrange the jumbled words to match it to the definition
after each word.
1. CPTONEC -refers to an idea that may need further
explanation to be understood
2. NLFRMAIO – words that we use on an everyday basis to
people; language of the streets
3. PANIXEL – make clear to someone by describing it in a
more detail or revealing relevant facts.
4. MUSARMY– a brief statement or account of the main
points
5. SANILYSA - detailed examination of the elements or
structure of something
6. LAPSOROP- a plan or suggestion, put forward for
consideration or discussion by others.
7. LEDIMAFIP – enlarge upon or add detail to a story or
statement
8. SEDNITORIPC–a spoken or written representation or
account of a person, object, or event.
9. NIOTPEXCALI–analyzing and developing an idea or
principle in detail
10.CLAIRONITICAF – action of making a statement or
situation less confused and more comprehensible
Learning Task 2: Complete the concept map with relevant information that
you know about the topic.
 Concept
Merriam
 Webster defined concept as “something
conceived in the mind.
 can be an abstract or generic idea generalized
from particular instance (e.g the basic concepts of
psychology, the concept of gravity).”
Ways on How to Elucidate a Concept

Definition
Explication / Explanation
Clarification
1. Definition
 allows the giving or explaining the
meaning of an abstract term or concept
 derived from the Latin words finire (to
limit); and de (form) which means to limit
in terms of form
Three Ways on How to Define
 Informal definition
 Formal definition
 Extended, expanded or amplified
definition
A. Informal definition
 also known as parenthetical definition or
in – text definition
 we use an informal definition by using a synonym,
a phrase, a clause and separated through a dash
a colon, comma.

Example:
discipline-control, regulation,
direction, order
 B. Formal definition
 also called as one – sentence logical definition or
Aristotelian definition.
This definition follows the formula:
Term/species = Genus/group or class where such item
belongs + Differentia to indicate its difference from other
members belonging to that class
Example:
Biology = the study of living organisms
Term = genus + differentia
C. Extended, expanded or amplified definition
refers to the other different ways on how to define words
aside from informal and formal:
 Etymology
 Historical definition
 Negation / Elimination
 Operating Principle / function
 Comparison and Contrast
 Analysis by Partitioning
 Use of Examples
 Use of Analogy
 Combined definition
 Etymology – definition based on its word origin
Example: The term originated from the greek word
“demokratia” which means “rule of the people”

 Historical definition – definition based on when

the word was first coined and how it evolved to how it is
being used today
Example: The term Democracy is coined in the middle of
the 5th century to denote the political systems then existing
in some Greek city-states, notably Athens.
 Negation / Elimination - Defining the term by stating it
from what it is NOT.
Example: Democracy is NOT leading the people by
coercion.

 Operating Principle / function - Stating what the term

is for
Example: Democracy is for the people who are
oppressed and marginalized.
 Comparison and Contrast – using the words that
are similar and different to the word being defined.

Example: Democracy is like leading a family with

everybody having equal rights and it is not the way one
member having all the power to rule.
 Analysis by Partitioning – defines the word by
partitioning or dividing the word into chunks of information
from which the term can be used.

Example: Democracy encompasses social, economic, and

cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of
political self – determination.
 Use of Examples – defines the word by providing
examples which allow the definition to be concretized.

Example: The political system of classical Athens for

example, granted democratic citizenship to an elite class of
free men and excluded slaves and women from political
participation.
 Use of Analogy – defines the word comparing the term
to another object / concept / idea that shares the same
characteristics as the term being defined

Example: Democracy is to holding someone gently that it

takes that person the liberty to set himself / herself free but
chooses to stay because he / she wants to.
 Combined definition – it defines the word by
introducing the term in a sentence definition that exactly
specifies its genus or class and its function or purpose.

Example: Democracy is the term that belongs to the class,

“form of government; and what distinguishes it from other
forms of government is that “all eligible citizens participate
equally.
 (Formal definition). It encompasses social,
economic, and cultural conditions that enable the free and
equal practice of political self – determination.

 (Extended definition by analysis). The political

system of classical Athens for example, granted democratic
citizenship to an elite class of free men and excluded slaves
and women from political participation.
2.Explication/Explanation
-When explicating, you are laying what the concept
is and generally answers the following questions:

• What is the concept about?

• What is it made of?
• What are the principles behind it?
• How do you identify it?
• How do you differentiate it from other concepts?
3. Clarification
 involves offering back to the speaker the
essential meaning, as understood by the listener, of
what they have just said.
 Thereby checking that the listener's
understanding is correct and resolving any areas
of confusion or misunderstanding.
Learning Task 3: Identify the type of concept elucidation is being presented.
Write DEFINE for definition, EXPLAIN for explicate / explanation and
CLARIFY for clarification.
1. Identified through the formula term/word = genus + species
2. Done to present the process
3. Best described as intense and detailed
4. If there are doubts, this must be done
5. Checking for understanding is one of its primary purpose
6. Has a lot of ways on how to be written
7. Requires non-judgmental question
8. A dictionary can be used
9. This completes the elucidation of concepts as it provides a summary
10. Asking for repetition is a strategy that can be used when performing
 PERFORMANCE TASK
Learning Task 4
Identify the type of definition presented using the given
choices.

Learning Task 5
Think of a term or a concept that is closely related to
your track/strand. Define this in various ways using the
types of definition.
Refer to your EAPP LEAP Week6 pages 3-4
Formative Assessment: Using the choices below,
identify the type of concept elucidation exemplified by the
statements.
A. Definition B. Clarification C. Explanation / Explication

1. “A robot is a machine that looks like a human being and performs various
complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being.”
2. The operation of the scientific method includes the following steps:
a. Recognition and recording of regularities
b. Seeking a formulation of these regularities in the simplest and most general way.
c. Using the newly formulated law to predict
: further regularities
previously unknown.
d. Combining two or more of these laws into a still more general
formulation.
3. Window dressing used in merchandising means
making a shop window displays attractive to buyers.

4. Stipulatively used in banking means making a false

banking report on assets, profits and investments to
deceptively project a favorable impression.

5. A thermometer measures temperature changes

through the contraction and expansion of the mercury
in it.
Wrap Up
1. What is a concept?
2. What are the different ways on how we can elucidate
a concept?
3. What is the importance of elucidating concept to
you as a SHS student?