The following appeared in a letter from a homeowner to a friend.
"Of the two leading real estate firms in our town — Adams Realty and Fitch Realty — Adams Realty is clearly superior. Adams has 40 real estate agents; in contrast, Fitch has 25, many of whom work only part-time. Moreover, Adams' revenue last year was twice as high as that of Fitch and included home sales that averaged $168,000, compared to Fitch's $144,000. Homes listed with Adams sell faster as well: ten years ago I listed my home with Fitch, and it took more than four months to sell; last year, when I sold another home, I listed it with Adams, and it took only one month. Thus, if you want to sell your home quickly and at a good price, you should use Adams Realty."
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
The author concludes by placing Adams Realty in a higher rank than Fitch Realty in terms of duration of home sold, the price of the sold homes, number of staffs of each firm, last year average revenue of the firms and also his past experience. The author assertion may be true, but based on unwarranted assumptions. In order, to determine the persuasiveness of the argument the author must provide explanation to these three claims.
Firstly, homes listed under Adams Realty and Fitch Realty may not be of same quality. Fitch Realty may only accept homes of superior quality that include better furnishing, well-spaced living room and kitchen, comparatively larger space in front of house and cannot be normally afforded by common people. It might also be possible that the homes listed under Adam Realty are in location in the core of residential area whereas, the homes listed under Fitch Realty might be in village area or near natural site which people basically use as a farmhouse and are of higher values. If any of these scenarios have merit, then the conclusion of the argument is weakened.
Moreover, the author assumes that last year revenue data is an indication of revenues of all the previous years. It is possible that revenue collected by Adams Realty be distinctively higher than previous years. Likewise, revenue collected by Fitch Realty last year be considerably lower than precedent years. If these cases are true, then the argument does not hold water.
Finally, author remembers his selling experience of home listed under Adams Realty before ten years and home listed under Fitch Realty last year. The State of business of these firms may have changed over such a long period of time. It is possible that before ten years Adam Realty was a start-up company and had less trust of people. But over this long period of time Adam Realty have grown its business and may have become a leading company for selling houses with large number of costumers trusting them. He would have sold the house last year faster and in higher value if he had listed it under Adam Realty. If this is the condition of the Adam Realty than the credibility of the argument is hindered.
In conclusion, the argument, as it stands now, is significantly flawed due to its reliance on unwarranted assumptions. If the author is able to provide more evidence to these three claims perhaps based on systematic study approach then the viability of the argument can be fully determined.
Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 19 15
No. of Words: 420 350
No. of Characters: 2014 1500
No. of Different Words: 191 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.527 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.795 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.451 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 142 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 87 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 62 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 34 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 22.105 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.326 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.842 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.345 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.345 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.103 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 228, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experience'.
Suggestion: experience
...erage revenue of the firms and also his past experience. The author assertion may be true, but ...
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Line 4, column 218, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...firms may have changed over such a long period of time. It is possible that before ten years A...
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Line 4, column 355, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...ess trust of people. But over this long period of time Adam Realty have grown its business and...
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Line 4, column 614, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “If” 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.
... if he had listed it under Adam Realty. If this is the condition of the Adam Realt...
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Line 5, column 119, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “If” 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.
...ts reliance on unwarranted assumptions. If the author is able to provide more evid...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, if, likewise, may, moreover, so, then, well, whereas, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.6327345309 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.9520958084 85% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 11.1786427146 107% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 13.6137724551 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 24.0 28.8173652695 83% => OK
Preposition: 60.0 55.5748502994 108% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 16.3942115768 98% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2060.0 2260.96107784 91% => OK
No of words: 420.0 441.139720559 95% => OK
Chars per words: 4.90476190476 5.12650576532 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.52701905584 4.56307096286 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52419134578 2.78398813304 91% => OK
Unique words: 197.0 204.123752495 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.469047619048 0.468620217663 100% => OK
syllable_count: 657.9 705.55239521 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 4.96107784431 81% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.76447105788 80% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.70958083832 185% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 19.7664670659 96% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 22.8473053892 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.9736782378 57.8364921388 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.421052632 119.503703932 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.1052631579 23.324526521 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.42105263158 5.70786347227 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.25449101796 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 6.88822355289 73% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.67664670659 107% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.237186781183 0.218282227539 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0842401030544 0.0743258471296 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0804975328715 0.0701772020484 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.130030228032 0.128457276422 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0758689774332 0.0628817314937 121% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 14.3799401198 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.3550499002 102% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.197005988 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.14 12.5979740519 88% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.07 8.32208582834 97% => OK
difficult_words: 89.0 98.500998004 90% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.1389221557 97% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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