“Some people believe that government funding of the arts is necessary to ensure that the arts can flourish and be available to all people. Others believe that government funding of the arts threatens the integrity of the arts.”Write a response in whic

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“Some people believe that government funding of the arts is necessary to ensure that the arts can flourish and be available to all people. Others believe that government funding of the arts threatens the integrity of the arts.”

Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.

Since time immemorial art has been an integral part of our society. Different nations have different forms of arts and some arts depict the culture of a nation. The statement depicts a quandary of the author between the belief that government funding of the arts is necessary to ensure availability of art forms to common people, and, the belief that this funding threatens the integrity of the arts. Investing in arts at a national level would conceivably allow the artists more resource to create art, and allow the general public better access to opportunities to appreciate art. The worry that this funding will threaten the independence and integrity of art is one that's possible, but not one that's necessary.

Few artists lead an affluent life. For the vast majority of young artists, especially those from a region where there is not a vivacious art dealing market, funding is a constant headache. Many governments fund innovative public art projects that allow budding artists to showcase their talent and work. For example, in the city of Brisbane, everyone from the community can apply to the city council to paint a traffic signal box. Not only has this government-funded art project become a terrific opportunity for street artists to exhibit their talents, it also alleviated the public despise towards this somewhat controversial artform of street art. Many artists who contributed to this project then went on to become world-renowned street artists, who receive commission for their work. And it all started with a tiny traffic signal box.

Moreover, the appreciation of art should not be the privilege of few opulent members of the society who can afford expensive gallery memberships. An affordable access to national art galleries and museums for the public is an essential element in the flourishing of art forms. For example, in Europe, the most prestigious artworks by profoundly renowned artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci and Monet are open to the public. The crowd of art students sketching in the V&A museum in London makes an absolutely beautiful sight. The study and admiration of art by the public almost adds to the original value and meaning of the artwork. This widespread appreciation of art would not be achievable to the same extent without government-funded art galleries and museums.

One may argue that government-funded art projects can bias against artists who dissent the current situation. A modern artist almost has to be critical towards his or her contemporaries to create any artwork remotely interesting or meaningful. For example, if you take away the anger towards the communist regime in Ai Wei Wei's art, it becomes lifeless and pointless. A government sure should not have a say on what an artist produces, or what opinions they voice. However, this is not necessarily at odds with the presence of government funding in art. Being aware of this potential danger, we only need a carefully-regulated and relatively independent committee to assess the funding opportunities. Moreover, the presence of government funding does not eliminate artist's opportunities to get funded by international dealers, just like in the case of Ai Wei Wei.

In conclusion, the government funding of art projects and galleries to ensure the flourishing of art forms in a country should provide an equal support and protection of the rights of an artist. To a large extent, government funding of art projects surely encourages the integrity and dedication of an artist towards his/her talent and work rather than discourage it.

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Average: 9.4 (3 votes)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 1, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Since” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
Since time immemorial art has been an integra...
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Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
...e resource to create art, and allow the general public better access to opportunities to appre...
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...ndependence and integrity of art is one thats possible, but not one thats necessary. ...
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... art is one thats possible, but not one thats necessary. Few artists lead an afflu...
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Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'affordable access'.
Suggestion: Affordable access
...n afford expensive gallery memberships. An affordable access to national art galleries and museums f...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: Wei
...al dealers, just like in the case of Ai Wei Wei. In conclusion, the government fundi...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'however', 'if', 'may', 'moreover', 'so', 'then', 'as to', 'for example', 'in conclusion', 'such as']

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.307324840764 0.240241500013 128% => OK
Verbs: 0.101910828025 0.157235817809 65% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0987261146497 0.0880659088768 112% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0477707006369 0.0497285424764 96% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0222929936306 0.0444667217837 50% => OK
Prepositions: 0.113057324841 0.12292977631 92% => OK
Participles: 0.00955414012739 0.0406280797675 24% => Some participles wanted.
Conjunctions: 3.01083510014 2.79330140395 108% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0334394904459 0.030933414821 108% => OK
Particles: 0.0015923566879 0.0016655270985 96% => OK
Determiners: 0.124203821656 0.0997080785238 125% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.015923566879 0.0249443105267 64% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0143312101911 0.0148568991511 96% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 3568.0 2732.02544248 131% => OK
No of words: 577.0 452.878318584 127% => OK
Chars per words: 6.18370883882 6.0361032391 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.90110439584 4.58838876751 107% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.40554592721 0.366273622748 111% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.320623916811 0.280924506359 114% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.21143847487 0.200843997647 105% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.143847487002 0.132149295362 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.01083510014 2.79330140395 108% => OK
Unique words: 289.0 219.290929204 132% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.500866551127 0.48968727796 102% => OK
Word variations: 61.5871335494 55.4138127331 111% => OK
How many sentences: 27.0 20.6194690265 131% => OK
Sentence length: 21.3703703704 23.380412469 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.0736870295 59.4972553346 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.148148148 141.124799967 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3703703704 23.380412469 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.444444444444 0.674092028746 66% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.94800884956 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 5.21349557522 115% => OK
Readability: 53.4327620515 51.4728631049 104% => OK
Elegance: 2.5 1.64882698954 152% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.534095646631 0.391690518653 136% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0944853830424 0.123202303941 77% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0873685129456 0.077325440228 113% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.506593561523 0.547984918172 92% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.18081806905 0.149214159877 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.194675556124 0.161403998019 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.13668108077 0.0892212321368 153% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.43461204849 0.385218514788 113% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0382948203483 0.0692045440612 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.379870701752 0.275328986314 138% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.124108360946 0.0653680567796 190% => OK

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.4325221239 125% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.30420353982 94% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.88274336283 184% => Less neutral sentences wanted.
Positive topic words: 12.0 7.22455752212 166% => OK
Negative topic words: 5.0 3.66592920354 136% => OK
Neutral topic words: 5.0 2.70907079646 185% => OK
Total topic words: 22.0 13.5995575221 162% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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