In blog post number 13 I will be talking about my research paper. The type of research paper I will be writing is an MLA format essay. My research paper is going to be about redefining masculinity. I will use points from the film The Mask You Live In to support my thesis statement. The Mask You Live In is a film that we watched in class that talks about how males are taught to be masculine and drawbacks of not being masculine enough all of the time.
In class on Thursday we discussed thesis statements. The thesis statement is one sentence usually the last sentence of the introduction paragraph that communicates the central claim or the focus of the project. The type of thesis statements that we practiced writing on Thursday was a TPS statement. TPS stands for topic, position, and support. This was the first time I heard about TPS thesis statements. The type of thesis statement that I learned about previously was a three prong thesis statement. I think a three prong thesis statement is similar to a TPS thesis. I plan to use a TPS thesis for my research project. The thesis statement that I intend to use for my research project is American parents can redefine masculinity for their sons by teaching emotions, acceptance and confidence. Using a TPS thesis helps me to show that my intended audience is American parents. This type of thesis also shows that my topic is how parents can redefine masculinity to their sons and my support is using emotions, acceptance and confidence can help to redefine masculinity. Having three pieces of support helps make it easier to construct my essay. The three body paragraphs will individually talk about one of my supporting details. We also talked about introduction paragraphs and the four components. The first part is the hook, the hook should be interesting and summarize the main point. Next is the background information, this is used to define terms and mention the film and any information from the film. The third component is the bridge, 1 or 2 sentences general topic that transitions into your focused topic. The final components of the introduction paragraph is the thesis. The TPS thesis is the last sentence of the introduction paragraph. For my introduction I want the hook to grab the readers attention. So I plan on using a quote from the film. One quote that really stands out to me is "Be a man. Stop with the tears, stop with the emotions. If you're going to be a man in this world, you better learn how to dominate and control people and circumstances." This quote relates to my topic and helps to show that there should be a change in the way that masculinity is defined to American parents sons.
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Daniel
4/15/2019 08:48:09 pm
I like how you explained all of this in your own words, I noticed a few things I missed in my own notes.
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Daniel
4/16/2019 05:15:30 am
I like how you explained all of this in your own words, I noticed a few things I missed in my own notes. I also really like your thesis, I think that you can discover some very good points on how parents can redefine masculinity for their sons.
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Sabatino
4/16/2019 04:53:02 am
I am glad this post helped another student's learning. Nice.
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Katey
4/16/2019 05:03:59 am
I like how you put what we did in class on Thursday.
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Katey
4/16/2019 05:09:35 am
I like how I like how you touched on the TPS and what that is. Looks like your doing very well I’m excited to see your project!
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Gabriella Mendez
4/16/2019 05:14:07 am
I like how you touched on what we did in class with the TPS and paragraphs and content, That for me too helped with what I need to do with my paper, and a better way to structure and support my thesis.
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