Briefly discuss how you might define the italicized terms in the following controversial claims of definition. Compare your definitions of the terms with those of your classmates.

Graphic novels are serious literature.
Burning a nation’s flag is a hate crime.
Matt Drudge and Arianna Huffington aren’t journalists.
College sports programs have become big businesses.
Plagiarism can be an act of civil disobedience.
Satanism is a religion properly protected by the First Amendment.
Campaign contributions are acts of free speech that should never be regulated.
The District of Columbia should not have all the privileges of an American state.
Polygamous couples should have the legal privileges of marriage.