Comparative Essay Instructions
Selection of Topic
Choose 1
of the following topics for your Comparative Essay:
1.
Original Creation of the Earth
(The Big Bang vs. Six-Day Creation)
2.
Geologic Time (Billions of
Years vs. Thousands of Years)
3.
Dating the Rocks of the Grand
Canyon (Old-Earth vs. Young-Earth)
4.
Geologic Paradigms
(Uniformitarianism vs. Catastrophism)
5.
Radiocarbon Dating (Old-Earth
vs. Young-Earth Methods/Assumptions)
Content
In general,
your paper must contain an introductory paragraph, the body of your work, and a
conclusion. In terms of the body, the following items must be discussed:
1.
The old-earth viewpoint related
to your topic.
2.
The young-earth viewpoint
related to your topic.
3.
Compare and contrast these two
viewpoints. How are the two viewpoints similar? How do they differ
significantly?
Outline
Use the
following outline when writing your paper. Each point on the below outline must
be a separate section (with a section heading) within your paper. You will
notice that these section headings correspond to the content points above.
I.
Introduction
II.
Old-Earth View
III.
Young-Earth View
IV.
Compare and Contrast
V.
Conclusion
Length
This paper is to be 3–4 pages. Do not
exceed this page limit. The title page and bibliography do not count toward
this page total.
Format
You must use current APA formatting. Papers
must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins all around. Font is to be Courier New
or Times New Roman, 12-point. Include a cover sheet with your name,
instructor’s name, course number and title, date, and paper title. There is no
need to include an abstract in your paper. APA formatting rules can be found at
the following site: http://www.liberty.edu/media/2108/apa.pdf.
Sources
Your Comparative Essay must include at
least 2 literature sources, not including the course textbooks. One of these
additional sources must be from an old-earth perspective and the other from a
young-earth perspective. Sources must be journal articles, manuscripts,
scholarly textbooks, and/or internet sites from .edu or .gov sources. Avoid
internet sites from .com, .net, .org, etc. sources as the information contained
therein are not often peer reviewed. Also, Study Bibles are not appropriate for
this assignment. List all of your sources in a bibliography at the end of the
paper.
Citation
Be sure to cite your sources in the body of
your paper using proper APA formatting. APA formatting rules can be found at
the following site: http://www.liberty.edu/media/2108/apa.pdf.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a serious academic
infringement. Avoid it at all costs. To learn more about plagiarism and how to
avoid it, visit http://www.liberty.edu/informationservices/ilrc/library/index.cfm?PID=20123.
Note that you are fully responsible for any plagiarism detected by the
instructor of this course. Cases of plagiarism will be dealt with according to
current policies established by Liberty University Online.
Your Comparative
Essay is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday
of Module/Week 8.
Submission
Submit your work to Blackboard as a
Microsoft Word document. You will find an upload link under “Assignments” in
the appropriate module/week folder.
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