Introduction to "The Life and Times of a Newbie"

My second MWA is a definition essay. The essay describes what the word “Newbie” means, where it came from, and how it is used. My ability to analyze the writing process and the steps to write were challenged with this essay. When I first started the paper I could not understand how it could take three pages to describe one word. I had to break down each step in order to plan what I wanted to say and how I would say it. Before I wrote this paper I would have been content with, “The first place I looked was the Merriam-Webster dictionary, which described ‘newbie’ as a newcomer.” But now I see that there is more to writing a descriptive piece then just the dictionary answer.