Research Writing Examples

Here are the examples we did in class, as promised. Use them as a reference.

Ernest Hemingway, a proponent of bullfighting, has gone on record as seeing the brutal act as something more noble than mere violence. “Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor” (Hemingway 90).

Ernest Hemingway, a proponent of bullfighting, has gone on record as seeing the brutal act as “the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor” (Hemingway 90).

[Note: This next one wouldn't format right for the blog, but just note that it should be indented 1" from the left, as we did in class.]

Ernest Hemingway, a proponent of bullfighting, has gone on record as seeing the brutal act as something more noble than mere violence:
Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor. (Hemingway 90)



Ernest Hemingway, a proponent of bullfighting, has gone on record as seeing the brutal act as something more noble than mere violence. His view is that it is a work of art, and a matador’s performance is measured through his level of honor (Hemingway 90).

Ernest Hemingway, a proponent of bullfighting, has gone on record as seeing the brutal act as something more noble than mere violence. Although he sees the reality of the “danger of death” in the sport, he believes that a matador’s “performance is left to the fighter’s honor” (Hemingway 90).