The following is a petition to the city council of Centerville:
"Over the past three years, there has been a marked increase in cases of 'sidewalk rage,' similar to the irrational anger drivers experience on the road, but instead among sidewalk walkers. The result is an increase in assaults, property damage, and disruptions of normal pedestrian traffic. In order to address this growing problem, the council must ban cell phone use on sidewalks. Not only do people texting or using their phones slow down pedestrian traffic, but they are also more likely to walk into the road or bump into other walkers. Children are especially vulnerable because they are too short to be easily seen. Middletown passed such a ban and not only have they heard no complaints, but the reported incidents of sidewalk crime has gone down significantly."
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
The following petition to city council of Centerville to ban use of cellphones on sidewalk is, on first thought, a thought-out measure taken to reduce road rage. But if you at it closely, there are some issues with it.
Firstly, the petition does not clearly states the reason behind an increase in sidewalk rage over the past three years. It's not just the use of cellphones on the sidewalk that can cause irritation amongst the users of sidewalk. There can be various reasons behind it, such as cyclists and skateboarders using the sidewalk, improper littering of pets on it or rude behaviour of other people using sidewalks. It could be any number of things, and the point of banning cellphones can be countered on the above point.
Speaking of being countered, the petition does not state how many of percentage of these sidewalk rage incidents in Centerville were actually caused due to a person using cellphone. The petition does not even state the number of incidents, let alone the percentage of these incidents caused due to the it. If the general reason behind a problem is not found out, and some other solution is provided, then it will not solve the root of that problem. Same holds for the stated reason in this paragraph.
And the biggest flaw is of human assumption i.e. if one thing holds up at one place, then other thing should hold up at another place. The petition in mainly dependent on the data fetched from the Middletown that the ban of cellphones there has reduced sidewalk outrage significantly. Due to the stated fact in above paragraph that the general problem of the sidewalk range in Centerville could very well be different that of the Middletown, there is a likelihood that the problem would not be solved in Centerville even if the cell phones are banned from the use of sidewalk.
I would like to say that the petition does aim to reduce the sidewalk rage, but the petition would need to be a bit more comprehensive in terms of the statistics and general public opinion in order to strengthen it.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 40, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[3]
Message: The verb 'does' requires base form of the verb: 'state'
Suggestion: state
... Firstly, the petition does not clearly states the reason behind an increase in sidewa...
^^^^^^
Line 5, column 84, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this sidewalk' or 'these sidewalks'?
Suggestion: this sidewalk; these sidewalks
...oes not state how many of percentage of these sidewalk rage incidents in Centerville were actu...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 299, Rule ID: DT_PRP[1]
Message: Possible typo. Did you mean 'the' or 'it'?
Suggestion: the; it
...entage of these incidents caused due to the it. If the general reason behind a problem...
^^^^^^
Line 9, column 167, Rule ID: GENERAL_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
...ehensive in terms of the statistics and general public opinion in order to strengthen it.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, first, firstly, if, so, then, well, speaking of, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.6327345309 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.9520958084 85% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 11.1786427146 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 13.6137724551 51% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 28.8173652695 76% => OK
Preposition: 63.0 55.5748502994 113% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 16.3942115768 61% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1688.0 2260.96107784 75% => OK
No of words: 355.0 441.139720559 80% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.75492957746 5.12650576532 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34067318298 4.56307096286 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6255062519 2.78398813304 94% => OK
Unique words: 176.0 204.123752495 86% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.495774647887 0.468620217663 106% => OK
syllable_count: 533.7 705.55239521 76% => 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: 6.0 8.76447105788 68% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => 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: 14.0 19.7664670659 71% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 25.0 22.8473053892 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 59.6803133028 57.8364921388 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.571428571 119.503703932 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.3571428571 23.324526521 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.07142857143 5.70786347227 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.25449101796 76% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 8.20758483034 24% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 6.88822355289 131% => 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: 0.202223104119 0.218282227539 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0770436618014 0.0743258471296 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.080917483129 0.0701772020484 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.124440435953 0.128457276422 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0454829867512 0.0628817314937 72% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 14.3799401198 95% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.56 48.3550499002 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.197005988 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.57 12.5979740519 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.68 8.32208582834 92% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 98.500998004 64% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.1389221557 108% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 40, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[3]
Message: The verb 'does' requires base form of the verb: 'state'
Suggestion: state
... Firstly, the petition does not clearly states the reason behind an increase in sidewa...
^^^^^^
Line 5, column 84, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this sidewalk' or 'these sidewalks'?
Suggestion: this sidewalk; these sidewalks
...oes not state how many of percentage of these sidewalk rage incidents in Centerville were actu...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 299, Rule ID: DT_PRP[1]
Message: Possible typo. Did you mean 'the' or 'it'?
Suggestion: the; it
...entage of these incidents caused due to the it. If the general reason behind a problem...
^^^^^^
Line 9, column 167, Rule ID: GENERAL_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
...ehensive in terms of the statistics and general public opinion in order to strengthen it.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, first, firstly, if, so, then, well, speaking of, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.6327345309 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.9520958084 85% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 11.1786427146 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 13.6137724551 51% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 28.8173652695 76% => OK
Preposition: 63.0 55.5748502994 113% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 16.3942115768 61% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1688.0 2260.96107784 75% => OK
No of words: 355.0 441.139720559 80% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.75492957746 5.12650576532 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34067318298 4.56307096286 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6255062519 2.78398813304 94% => OK
Unique words: 176.0 204.123752495 86% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.495774647887 0.468620217663 106% => OK
syllable_count: 533.7 705.55239521 76% => 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: 6.0 8.76447105788 68% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => 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: 14.0 19.7664670659 71% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 25.0 22.8473053892 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 59.6803133028 57.8364921388 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.571428571 119.503703932 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.3571428571 23.324526521 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.07142857143 5.70786347227 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.25449101796 76% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 8.20758483034 24% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 6.88822355289 131% => 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: 0.202223104119 0.218282227539 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0770436618014 0.0743258471296 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.080917483129 0.0701772020484 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.124440435953 0.128457276422 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0454829867512 0.0628817314937 72% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 14.3799401198 95% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.56 48.3550499002 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.197005988 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.57 12.5979740519 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.68 8.32208582834 92% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 98.500998004 64% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.1389221557 108% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.