Q For Essay 4, you are to choose a word from the list on the assignment sheet and spend the essay explaining ways that word is defined and illustrated/exemplified both by yourself and in multiple sources, including a personal interview. The assignment sheet specifies the different sources required for the essay. The interview can be with anyone you know who you think might have interesting things to say about the topic, and of course it can be conducted by phone or email. It is an extended definition essay, or, if you prefer to think of it this way, a meditation on a word and all that word represents.