Online Meeting Time:
Tuesday and Thursday
Time: 8:00-9:30 AM
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Christ Dominion’s Rhetoric I is a course designed to train Christian students in the classical art of communication and persuasion, both written and spoken. Students will learn how to approach arguments critically, communicate effectively, understand the canons ofclassical rhetoric, and defend their Christian faith. With this goal, rhetoric students will analyze great writings and speeches of the past and present in order to determine what is worthy of imitation and avoidance. Furthermore, students will produce their own great written work, the 10-15 page argumentative junior thesis. In the process of analyzing andwriting, students will join the Great Conversation of the Western Canon, interacting with key documents that have shaped the West.
Rhetoric I
Rhetoric I is an active course which draws source material from a wide range of times and places. Students should be prepared to read and write extensively, as well as develop their speaking and argumentative skills. Due to the nature of many documents and speeches, parents and students should be in communication about mature moral and cultural issues before and during this class. If certain sins and behaviors are discussed in Scripture, students should be ready to read about them in class.