LibGuides: Writing Center: Exemplary Essays

Academic Examples - Rhetoric

The Caged Bird of Jane Eyre: A Discussion of Bertha Mason
Author: Sydney Kirsch
Created date: Spring 2020
Purpose: Provided as an example of Westminster Term literary paper for freshman Rhetoric.
Christian Standards for Entertainment: What Music Should We Avoid?
Author: Nathan Miller
Created date: November 30, 2019
Purpose: Provided as an example of Nicea Term classical arrangement paper for freshman Rhetoric.
The Cry of the All Quiet Soldier
Author: Caleb Kreft
Created date: Winter 2021-22
Purpose: Provided as an example of Nicea Term literary paper for freshman Rhetoric.
Preparing Readers: A Literary Criticism of Emily Bronte's Use of Narration in Wuthering Heights
Author: Lucy Deacon
Created date: Spring 2020
Purpose: Provided as an example of Westminster Term literary paper for freshman Rhetoric.

Academic Examples - History

Battle of the Bulge: Eroding the Shame of Pregnancy
Author: Kristina Miller
Created date: May 3, 2011
Purpose: Provided as an example of Westminster Term Oral History paper for sophomore History.
The Data-Driven Career: How Scientific Evaluation Replaced Community in the Vocational Choice
Author: Ethan Oldham
Created date: April 28, 2020
Purpose: Provided as an example of Westminster Term Oral History paper for sophomore History.
Flirting with Danger: How Blind Dates Shifted from Reward to Risk
Author: Emily Kapuscak
Created date: April 28, 2020
Purpose: Provided as an example of Westminster Term Oral History paper for sophomore History.
Money Talks: Macedonian Political Maneuvers Through Numismatic Messages
Author: Caleb Kreft
Created date: December 9, 2022
Purpose: Provided as an example of Nicea Term Ancient History paper for Dr. Schlect's sophomore History.
Power in a Plate: Climbing to Higher Status by the Roman Convivium
Author: Makayla Schmick
Created date: November 30, 2018
Purpose: Provided as an example of Nicea Term Ancient History paper for sophomore History.
Rising from the Ashes: Hippocratic Medicine
Author: Abbie Adkerson
Created date: December 3, 2019
Purpose: Provided as an example of Nicea Term Ancient History paper for sophomore History.
Sweet Julie: How Julie Andrews Broke Cinematics Stereotypes For Women
Author: Mary-Claire Miltenberger
Created date: May 2, 2017
Purpose: Provided as an example of Westminster Term Oral History paper for sophomore History.
Trends in Scholarship on the Enlightenment
Author: Chris Schlect
Created date: August 2010
Purpose: Provided as an example of footnoting and bibliography.
Via Viarum, 'By Way of the Roads': The Contrasting Effects of Road Construction and Usage upon the Roman Social Classes
Author: Abigail Thorgesen
Created date: November 10, 2019
Purpose: Provided as an example of Nicea Term Ancient History paper for sophomore History.
Where Money Fails, Music Speaks: Because Sometimes Franklins Can't Get You In
Author: Kelsey Berends
Created date: May 6, 2014
Purpose: Provided as an example of Westminster Term Oral History paper for sophomore History.

Creative Examples - Persuasive Writing

Finding My Brother
Author: Anonymous
Date created: September 28, 2016
Purpose: Provided as an example of Personal Essay for Persuasive Writing.

Academic Examples - Political Economics

Interpreting Thrasymachus' Justice in The Republic
Author: Selah Bartlett
Created date: September 9, 2019
Purpose: Provided as an example of Jerusalem Term Ancient paper for Political Economics.
Socrates' Healthy City: City of Pigs or Hog Heaven?
Author: Allan Stoltzfus
Created date: September 19, 2019
Purpose: Provided as an example of Jerusalem Term Ancient paper for Political Economics.
When All Else Fails: Junius Brutus' Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos and the Right of the Individual to Resist
Author: Caleb Harris
Created date: February 15, 2008
Purpose: Provided as an example of Chalcedon Term Early Modern paper for Political Economics

Academic Examples - Theology

An Aspect of Being Human: The Desire for Knowledge: Vice or Virtue
Author: Lucy Deacon
Created date: November 21, 2019
Purpose: Provided as an example of Nicea Term Anthropology paper for freshman Theology.
The Confusing Command of Isaiah 6:9-10: Sensory-Organ-Malfunction as Judgment of Idolatry
Author: Luke Deacon
Created date: February 21, 2020
Purpose: Provided as an example of Chalcedon Term Biblical Theology paper for senior Theology.
The Lord of the Passion: The Literary Use of Psalm 69 in the Gospel of John
Author: Caleb Harris
Date created: April 26, 2019
Purpose: Provided as an example of Westminster Term Gospel paper for senior Theology.
Man in the Image of God: A Christological Perspective of the Imago Dei
Author: Elise Van Hierden
Created date: November 21, 2019
Purpose: Provided as an example of Nicea Term Anthropology paper for freshman Theology.
Reclaiming the Beauties of Holiness
Author: Elizabeth Adams
Created date: November 22, 2019
Purpose: Provided as an example of Nicea Term Anthropology paper for freshman Theology.
With a Rod of Iron: A Trinitarian Rereading of Psalm 2
Author: Caleb Harris
Created date: September 21, 2018
Purpose: Provided as an example of Jerusalem Term Doctrine of God paper for senior Theology.
The Word's View of the Word: Examining Jesus' Doctrine of Scripture
Author: Caleb Harris
Created date: November 30, 2018
Purpose: Provided as an example of Nicea Term Doctrine of Scripture paper for senior Theology.

Academic Examples - Translation Theory

The First Latin Nicaenum: An Inspection of the Primary Source Document of the Libri Carolini
Author: Caleb Harris
Date created: December 9, 2019
Purpose: Provided as an example of Nicea Term Textuality and Knowledge paper for Translation Theory and the Work of Theology.
A Little Lower Than God: An Inspection of Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples' Latin Translation of Hebrews 2:7
Author: Caleb Harris
Created date: March 2, 2020
Purpose: Provided as an example of Chalcedon Term Textuality and Knowledge paper for Translation Theory and the Work of Theology.

Academic Examples - Literary

"Simbelmynë": Mortality and Memory in Middle-Earth
Author(s): William H. Stoddard
Source: Mythlore , Fall/Winter 2010, Vol. 29, No. 1/2 (111/112) (Fall/Winter 2010), pp.
151-160
Published by: Mythopoeic Society
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.com/stable/26815544
The Finn Episode and the Tragedy of Revenge in "Beowulf"
Author(s): Martin Camargo
Source: Studies in Philology , Winter, 1981, Vol. 78, No. 5, Texts and Studies, 1981.
Eight Anglo-Saxon Studies (Winter, 1981), pp. 120-134
Published by: University of North Carolina Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.com/stable/4174101
The Unrevealed in Flannery O'Connor's "Revelation"
Author(s): Jacky Dumas and Jessica Hooten Wilson
Source: The Southern Literary Journal , SPRING 2013, Vol. 45, No. 2 (SPRING 2013), pp.
72-89
Published by: University of North Carolina Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.com/stable/24389042