The Art of Rhetoric

The class “Senior Thesis” (or Rhetoric II) offers each student a culminating opportunity to expand critical thinking, research, and rhetorical abilities by preparing, presenting, and defending a substantive argument on a debatable question. Students are expected to prepare a paper as formal evidence of learning and skill acquired at 91原创. As such, the paper is the most lengthy and most carefully documented essay the students write during their time at school.

Senior Thesis is also an extension of the student’s rhetoric training, and the first semester focuses on rhetorical training, even while the student is doing foundational work toward the Senior Thesis project.

The following list includes some topics researched, presented, and defended in previous years:

  • Leah Vermillion, 鈥淎 World of Pure Imagination: A Study on How Stories Build Character鈥�
  • Owen Fairley, 鈥淲hen Theory Hits the Playground: The Impact of Teaching Critical Race Theory in the Public School Classroom鈥�
  • Caroline Alders, 鈥淒esigned to Designer: A Christian Response to Genetic Modification鈥�
  • Mason Baker, 鈥淥rchestrating the Spheres: The Significance of Funding High School Orchestra Programs鈥�
  • Shelby Rotramel, 鈥淜eep Calm and Think On: An In-Depth Look at the Impact of Stress Coping Mechanisms on Mental and Physical Health鈥�
  • Reagan Taylor, 鈥淐omplementarianism Versus Egalitarianism: The Importance of Women鈥檚 Roles in the Church and Family鈥�
  • Mason Rasberry, 鈥淢oney Talks, But Do People Listen? The Significance of Financial Literacy Education in High Schools鈥�
  • Trinity Tyre, 鈥淵ou Miss a Hundred Percent of the Shots You Aren鈥檛 Encouraged to Take: An Argument for Young Girls in Contact Sports鈥�
  • Emma DeKerlegand, 鈥淚t鈥檚 Not All Fun and Games: The Importance of Adoption in Response to Teenage Pregnancy鈥�
  • Clayton Terrell, 鈥淒efund or Defend? The Necessity of Training and Funding for the Police Force鈥�
  • Haley McBroom, 鈥淢other Knows Best: On the Role of Stay-At-Home Moms in a Child鈥檚 Development鈥�
  • Ashlynn McBroom, 鈥淪inging a New Song: The Importance of Learning and Celebrating the Fine Arts in Classical Christian Schools鈥�
  • Sydney Cunyus, 鈥淭he Bigger Picture: The Importance of a High School Visual Arts Education鈥�
  • Anna Claire Powers, 鈥淰irtue Gone Virtual: How Christian Teenagers Can Use Social Media for Relationship-Building and Discipleship鈥�
  • Seth Landrum, 鈥淓thics and Execution: Injecting Biblical Truth into the American Execution System鈥�