The following argument was made in a newspaper editorial: “The autonomy of any country is based on the strength of its borders; if the number of illegal immigrants entering a country cannot be checked, both its economy and national identity are endangered. Because illegal immigrants pose such threats, every effort must be made to return them to their country of origin."
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 assumption prove unwarranted.
The argument that the author makes about the autonomy of country lies on various assumptions such as the strength of the border is the only measure of the country's autonomy, vague about the the number of illegal immigrants, threats which they pose, etc. All these assumptions make the argument weak. Had the author provided us with apt evidences, the argument could be strengthened it. The assumptions are elaborated below.
First and foremost, is the autonomy of a country only be measured by the strength of its borders? it is may also be measured by the efficacy with which it runs the country, how happy people are in the current form of governance, and what all changes should be made in the policies which can make the country excellent place to live. The author of the argument didn't mention about the other factors. Had the author provided us with the proof that other nations only consider the strength of the borders as their sole point of comparison then it would be strengthened. but because of lack of such evidences, the argument is weak.
Secondly, how populated is the country? if it is as populated as China and India are, then probably the country should not allow any more illegal immigrants in the country. but if these immigrants are in hundreds and thousands, then they can be allowed into the country, though they must undergo scrutiny before getting citizen ship of the country. but if the number is in millions, then the country must exercise some control to keep the number in check. As the author hasn't given us the semantics about the population of the country and illegal immigrants, the argument is weakened. Had we been provided us with these evidences, the argument would strengthened.
Next, what are the types of threats these people cause to country? The threats which these illegal denizens can pose to a country are terrorists threats, shortage of food and other resources, and so on. There can be internal quarrels and fights by the immigrants for gaining their rights in the country. As the author fails to give us the list of threats which these illegal immigrants pose to country, thus it weakens the argument. Had the list been provided to us, we would have been able to make better judgement.
In the conclusion, we were unaware about how the country's autonomy is scaled, the population of the country and the illegal immigrants which enter the country and also the threats posed by them. Due to the lack of facts and figures about them the argument is a weak one. Had the author provided more evidences, the argument could be strengthened.
Comments
Essay evaluation 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: 17 15
No. of Words: 447 350
No. of Characters: 2092 1500
No. of Different Words: 168 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.598 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.68 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.458 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 142 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 121 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 73 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 34 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 26.294 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 19.76 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.412 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.398 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.563 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.187 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 187, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...e of the countrys autonomy, vague about the the number of illegal immigrants, threats w...
^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 187, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...e of the countrys autonomy, vague about the the number of illegal immigrants, threats w...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 99, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
...easured by the strength of its borders? it is may also be measured by the efficacy...
^^
Line 5, column 361, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...ace to live. The author of the argument didnt mention about the other factors. Had th...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 568, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: But
...mparison then it would be strengthened. but because of lack of such evidences, the ...
^^^
Line 9, column 41, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...Secondly, how populated is the country? if it is as populated as China and India a...
^^
Line 9, column 174, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: But
...more illegal immigrants in the country. but if these immigrants are in hundreds and...
^^^
Line 9, column 350, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: But
...re getting citizen ship of the country. but if the number is in millions, then the ...
^^^
Line 9, column 471, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: hasn't
...keep the number in check. As the author hasnt given us the semantics about the popula...
^^^^^
Line 9, column 651, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'would' requires the base form of the verb: 'strengthen'
Suggestion: strengthen
...ith these evidences, the argument would strengthened. Next, what are the types of thre...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, thus, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.6327345309 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 11.1786427146 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 13.6137724551 59% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 31.0 28.8173652695 108% => OK
Preposition: 55.0 55.5748502994 99% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 16.3942115768 91% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2162.0 2260.96107784 96% => OK
No of words: 445.0 441.139720559 101% => OK
Chars per words: 4.85842696629 5.12650576532 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.59293186426 4.56307096286 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.55624274524 2.78398813304 92% => OK
Unique words: 179.0 204.123752495 88% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.402247191011 0.468620217663 86% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 656.1 705.55239521 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 4.96107784431 60% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.76447105788 114% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.67365269461 299% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 19.7664670659 116% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 58.3278978474 57.8364921388 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.0 119.503703932 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.347826087 23.324526521 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.95652173913 5.70786347227 52% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 5.25449101796 190% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 6.88822355289 160% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.67664670659 64% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0248379331481 0.218282227539 11% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.00971338435446 0.0743258471296 13% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0164639035857 0.0701772020484 23% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.017880726177 0.128457276422 14% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.00301481798308 0.0628817314937 5% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 14.3799401198 77% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 48.3550499002 125% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.197005988 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.91 12.5979740519 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 6.96 8.32208582834 84% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 98.500998004 68% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 12.3882235529 69% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 6
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