Apologetics Argument: Introduction and Conclusion

APOL 500

Self-Selected Apologetics Argument: Introduction and Conclusion – Final Stage Assignment Instructions

Overview

Most of your argument has been written and now it is time to package it as a paper. You will have received feedback after each section from your professor and should have been able to integrate that feedback effectively. You may still be making some minor changes to the argument but it is now time to prepare it as a paper.

The introduction and conclusion are intended to show that you have a strong thesis and can summarize how you supported or argued for your thesis. They are excellent activities in helping you to find the best way to simply statement what may be a complex argument. If you can state your thesis concisely and precisely, then you have most likely written a strong argument and are ready to go out into the world and use it appropriately.

Instructions

Use a paper format for this stage. There is no template used for this assignment. A current Turabian format title page, footnotes, and bibliography are required.

1. The three sections developed in earlier will form the basis of the structure of your paper. They must be treated as three separate sections in the body of the paper. Edit as needed what you have already written.

2. In addition, the paper must have a proper introduction and conclusion.

a. The introduction (one paragraph, 3-5 sentences, no direct quotes or citable information) must be built around the thesis statement. This thesis statement provides unity to the overall presentation, so every word of the paper must be related to and supportive of the thesis statement.

b. The conclusion (also one paragraph, 3-5 sentences, no direct quotes or citable information) must summarize the main points presented that support your thesis. This is neither an outline of your paper nor a reiteration of the argument but rather a summary of how you supported your thesis.

3. Including both the introduction and conclusion but not the title and bibliography pages, the total length of the paper must be 2200 – 2600 words in current Turabian format (including the main text only, not footnotes, front matter, or the bibliography). In the final submission, assertions should be supported by 8 - 11 resources (more are allowed). Scripture should be used when applicable but does not count as one of the countable bibliographic resources. If the course textbooks are used, they should be footnoted and placed in the bibliography but they do not count towards the required 8 - 11 resources.

Given these instructions, the basic outline for your paper should be as follows:

I. Introduction

II. Analysis of the Opposing Worldview

III. Critique of the Opposing Worldview

IV. Defense of Christianity

V. Conclusion

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

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