Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
The above statement claims that scandals are useful because they focus our attention on the problems no speaker or reform could. It is human tendency to find negative aspects more fascinating than positive ones and scandals are no different in this case. They do attract attention of a wide range of population and more effectively disclose the obscured facts.
When a scandal is reported, it becomes known to a huge amount of population. The case is studied punctiliously and many aspects, which were not known previously, are revealed. For example, in India, a few years back the Commonwealth Games scandal took place in which various ministers including the then chief minister of the state. It was found that only half of the money sanctioned was used for the sports-persons. The scandal was huge and thousands of millions rupees were in question. It also unearthed the corruption in various departments and activities related to the Commonwealth Game, which eventually cumulated to the main scandal. All of that would have remained hidden if the scandal was never reported. Media played a vital role here in reporting even the minute details of the event making public aware and agitated and as a result all those ministers were duly punished and they also lost their seats in the next elections. A scandal has the potential to present the veracity of the people involved and can publicize the actual untempered version of the story. The oblivious public get to know what the actual situation of the society is and hence become more aware.
However, sometimes scandals prove to be distracting from more pressing problems which have a larger impact on the community and society. For example, a few years back, an IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh (a state of Central India) was tried and punished in the case of bribery. The scandal enjoyed great media coverage; every new development was front page news. But it did not disclose the corruption in the system itself. It became merely a case of a man’s greed. There could have been a greater outcome, if the approach of the revelation of the scandal had been different.
In conclusion, it could only be said that a scandal can become a powerful device to address and appeal a large share of population. It can be an important factor in the socio-economic of a society. However, whether it’s a boon or a bane should be decided for each individual case.
Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'hence', 'however', 'if', 'so', 'then', 'for example', 'in conclusion', 'as a result']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.235033259424 0.240241500013 98% => OK
Verbs: 0.159645232816 0.157235817809 102% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0975609756098 0.0880659088768 111% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0554323725055 0.0497285424764 111% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0332594235033 0.0444667217837 75% => OK
Prepositions: 0.10199556541 0.12292977631 83% => OK
Participles: 0.0487804878049 0.0406280797675 120% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.73398925233 2.79330140395 98% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0177383592018 0.030933414821 57% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.0016655270985 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.139689578714 0.0997080785238 140% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0177383592018 0.0249443105267 71% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0133037694013 0.0148568991511 90% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2414.0 2732.02544248 88% => OK
No of words: 408.0 452.878318584 90% => OK
Chars per words: 5.91666666667 6.0361032391 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.49433085973 4.58838876751 98% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.357843137255 0.366273622748 98% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.274509803922 0.280924506359 98% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.200980392157 0.200843997647 100% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.122549019608 0.132149295362 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73398925233 2.79330140395 98% => OK
Unique words: 227.0 219.290929204 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.55637254902 0.48968727796 114% => OK
Word variations: 64.5900536287 55.4138127331 117% => OK
How many sentences: 22.0 20.6194690265 107% => OK
Sentence length: 18.5454545455 23.380412469 79% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.3556573899 59.4972553346 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.727272727 141.124799967 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5454545455 23.380412469 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.454545454545 0.674092028746 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.94800884956 81% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.21349557522 0% => OK
Readability: 45.9964349376 51.4728631049 89% => OK
Elegance: 1.55357142857 1.64882698954 94% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.324824630659 0.391690518653 83% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.100230994266 0.123202303941 81% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0569140414618 0.077325440228 74% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.508458683806 0.547984918172 93% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.122439097276 0.149214159877 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.126448659005 0.161403998019 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0822211105459 0.0892212321368 92% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.415360342549 0.385218514788 108% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.135934682073 0.0692045440612 196% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.240408480316 0.275328986314 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0676636842057 0.0653680567796 104% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 10.4325221239 38% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 13.0 5.30420353982 245% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.88274336283 102% => OK
Positive topic words: 2.0 7.22455752212 28% => More positive topic words wanted.
Negative topic words: 11.0 3.66592920354 300% => OK
Neutral topic words: 3.0 2.70907079646 111% => OK
Total topic words: 16.0 13.5995575221 118% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 75.63 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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