If you wish to clarify the concept for your students, you might prefer to help them âfeelâ what a âunit of analysisâ is, rather than give them a rhetorical explanation. As hinted by Simone de Beauvoir, in âThe Ethics of Ambiguityâ, the Bible offers a good example!
exâ¢erâ¢tion. 1. vigorous action or effort. 2. an effort: a great exertion to help others. 3. exercise, as of power or faculties. 4. an instance of this.
noun. 1  The use of physical or mental energy to do something; exertion. 2  A difficult exertion of strength or will: It was an effort to get up. 3  A usually earnest attempt: Make an effort to arrive promptly. 4  Something done or produced through exertion; an achievement: a play that was his finest effort. 5  Physics a.