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Research Paper Post 1

The type of paper I am leaning toward writing is an extended definition. The reason I am leaning toward this type of paper is because as of right now I would like to write my research paper on passion, and what passion really is? Since I will be writing about what I believe the underlying meaning of passion is, writing an extended definition paper will allow me to incorporate others views on passion and then my own. The important functions this type of paper serves is allowing the writer to define something.

Research Questions: What is passion? How did the word come into the English language? Is passion a true feeling? What type of situations bring on the feeling of passion?

On the topic of passion the only aspects I know include situations that I feel that I have had passion, and the basic definition. The times I feel that I have felt passion are playing sports, doing an activity that I enjoy, etc. The basic definition I think of when thinking of passion is loving something you do. When I research this concept I want to dig deeper into the underlying meaning of passion and how one can come to feel passion.

I decided to research passion because initially I wanted to write about what love was because as a human love is something that comes and goes in many different ways in ones life. But I realized that love was to broad of a topic so I narrowed it to what is passion. The reason I chose passion was because I felt that passion is a form of love, and because within my life I have always had passion and love for things, for example sports, and I have always wondered what the difference was between passion and love, because I believe there is a difference. Thus I believe that I did choose passion because of not only personal experiences but experiences or situations that have happened around me. For instance within sports, relationships, careers, etc. I can defiantly see various directions I can take this topic, I can take into different aspects in life that can make you have passion, and I can break it into a positive and also a negative passion. Some worries I do have about this paper are writing it as if I am writing about since, because they are closely related. In order to stay on passion I am really going to have to find the difference between the two. I care so much about this topic because "passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant," (Ralph Waldo Emerson).