Sample 2 Def

Essay Styles
AN ESSAY OF EXTENDED DEFINITION

What is Love?
Introduction (Leads
reader into the essay by
example. Note that it is
divided into two
paragraphs because of the
natural shift)
Thesis statement (Uses

classification to define
the subject)
Paragraph One (Outlines

the first category using
example to define)
Paragraph Two
(Continues with category
one)
Everybody has felt it at one time or another, be it for a

person, pet, or even a non-living object. That feeling is love.
Love is felt in different intensities; it may consume your whole
being, or perhaps its just a little crush. Some people search
for what seem their whole lifetimes for love, whereas others
may seem to fall in and out of love on a regular basis. Of
course, here we are talking about people. We can love many
things, but the love between two people is unique and special.
Love is rarely defined because everyone experiences it
differently. What one person thinks is love, another may think
is infatuation or vice versa. How does one know he or she is
in love? How is it possible to distinguish between the love of
romance and the love shared between friends? In order to
understand love, we need to first understand the two major
types of love: romantic love and friendship love.
People often define romantic love based on its
difference from friendship love. Would you kiss your friend?
Perhaps, but it is not necessarily the things you do with your
romantic partner that makes your love romantic. Romantic
love is often confused with infatuation because it is so allconsuming. Romantic lovers are usually on each others
minds. A person may make decisions based on his or her
romantic partner, such as whether or not to move to a different
province for a job and leave his or her partner behind. People
make large life decisions based on their romantic partners
because they cant imagine life without those people.
Romantic love guides a persons mind and can sometimes
cloud it as to what the right decision may be. After all,
romantic love can be extremely selfless.
The famous playwright, William Shakespeare, one of the
greatest advocates for romantic love, alludes to romantic love
as being like drunkenness in his play The Tempest. Like too
much alcohol or happy drugs, romantic love takes over all
senses in a person, and somewhat changes his or her outlook.
A person in love romantically is often said to have a permasmile and is difficult to make unhappy. It is no wonder that
most people seek out romantic love, rather than be content
with the simple love shared between friends.
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Essay Styles
Paragraph Three
(Introduces the second
category for definition.
Note the transition from
P2 to P3)
Paragraph Four
two. Compares/Contrasts
the two categories)
Paragraph Five
two. Offers a clear
definition)
Conclusion (Asks a
question; prompts reader
to think)
The love of friendship is a milder type of love, as it does

not consume a persons every waking moment with thoughts
of the other person. Friendship love can often turn into
romantic love, as it has many times throughout history, but the
birth of romantic love between friends will often kill the love of
friendship. In other words, friends who become romantic
lovers rarely can go back to being just friends. Why is it that
romantic love is so overpowering? The love of friendship can
be very strong, but it is the emotional intensity of romantic love
that forever changes the simplicity of the love between friends.
Friendship love does not have all the same guidelines
that romantic love seems to have. Each friend couple may
have a unique kind of love between each other. Girlfriends
may have a different friendship love for each other than a male
and female friend pair may have. The same goes for two male
friends. Because of societal guidelines that have been in
place for years, male-female friends may undergo a lot of
pressure from other friends and family to turn their friendship
love into romantic love. There is a line that friends may cross
over, and to know that line is to know the difference between
romantic love and friendship love.
Friendship love is best described as a warm feeling
between people. A person naturally wants to be around her
friend, as friends like to do things together. If your friend gets
hurt, you want to help him; if your friend is angry, you get
angry along with her. Friends who love each other want to
make each other happy; they want to be there as confidants,
cathartic outlets, and company. Friendship love is often
compared to the love between siblings. In many cases, a
sibling is just as good a friend as any. Society will not accept
romantic love between relatives, but friendship love is
encouraged and is a lovely thing to see when it does happen.
So now that we can see the difference between
romantic love and friendship love, do we understand love
better? Perhaps not. Everybody experiences love in a
different way and may not agree with the definitions offered
here. In the end, it doesnt matter whether or not your kind of
love fits into any category. Love is personal, and the important
thing is that it makes people feel good. When people love
each other, there is no room for hate.
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AN ESSAY OF EXTENDED DEFINITION

Thesis statement (Uses

Paragraph One (Outlines

Everybody has felt it at one time or another, be it for a

The love of friendship is a milder type of love, as it does

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