Rhetoric III

Full-year course. The third year of the Academy’s 3-year high school sequence. This course follows our Rhetoric II class. The focus is on advanced techniques in classical rhetoric; sophisticated, deliberate sentence and paragraph structure; analysis and understanding of both classical and modern essays in order to sharpen understanding; and the practice of scholarly forms in preparation for college writing. Click here for an explanation of our writing and grammar curriculum, and sample course sequences.

Prerequisite: Rhetoric II. For help in placement, see our writing assessment, which will be evaluated by Academy writing instructors.