Sedan owner
In a note, it is stated that the friend of writer should buy a Kia car because according to him Kia has a great features and it is cost effective compared to Alfa cars. So, At first glance author's argument appeals to be convincing but further reflection reveals that it is rife with holes and assumptions. Stated in this way, argument fails to consider several factors on the basis of which it could be evaluated.
To begin with, author readily assumes that the features which Kia car possesed will be apt for his friend without thinking about what are his needs or how exactly he wants his car to be. Apart from design and fuel economy there are no other factors stated in the letter. It is possible that his friend needs a hatch-back and not a sedan car.The argument could have been clearer if it explicitly stated that the friend of sedan owner has same expectation as his friends when buying a car.
In addition to this, the argument claims that in past quarter alone, 8000 Kia cars were sold. It is assumed that because of the great sales of Kia cars it is really a great deal to buy. It is possible that Kia cars were launched way before Alfa cars and the Kia car's comnpany wants to launch a new car with some advancement in features so they had great discounts on Kia cars to exhaust the inventoy of Kia. This is weak and absurd claim that just because of past quarter sales one should buy Kia. If argument have mentioned about sale of Kia from when it was launched and what are exact sales figure from the launch, it would be plausible to think of getting a Kia over Alfa.
Finally, there are some more questions that needs to be answered. What are the features of Alfa Cars? Are Alfa and Kia are same type of cars? Are there any other brands of cars which are superior than Kia and Alfa too? What are the features that sedan owner's friend wants? How is Kia in long run and is it's upkeep comparatively lower than Alfa? Which fuel types does the car supports? It is possible that owner's friend wants a electric car due to increasing fuel prices.
In conclusion, the argument is flawed for above assumptions and is therefore unconvincing. Without convincing answers to the above questions one is left with impression that claim is more of wishful thinking rather than substantiate evidence and the argument is open for debate.
Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.0 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 6 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 5 2
No. of Sentences: 21 15
No. of Words: 425 350
No. of Characters: 1879 1500
No. of Different Words: 193 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.54 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.421 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.304 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 113 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 82 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 55 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 24 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 20.238 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.788 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.476 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.321 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.536 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.086 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 342, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: The
... needs a hatch-back and not a sedan car.The argument could have been clearer if it ...
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Line 7, column 197, Rule ID: SUPERIOR_THAN[1]
Message: The adjective superior is normally used with 'to'.
Suggestion: to
...other brands of cars which are superior than Kia and Alfa too? What are the features...
^^^^
Line 7, column 427, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...It is possible that owners friend wants a electric car due to increasing fuel pri...
^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, if, really, so, therefore, apart from, in addition, in conclusion, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 36.0 19.6327345309 183% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.9520958084 46% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 11.1786427146 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 13.6137724551 140% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 28.8173652695 128% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 54.0 55.5748502994 97% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 16.3942115768 73% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1921.0 2260.96107784 85% => OK
No of words: 424.0 441.139720559 96% => OK
Chars per words: 4.53066037736 5.12650576532 88% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53775939005 4.56307096286 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.34016346268 2.78398813304 84% => OK
Unique words: 194.0 204.123752495 95% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.457547169811 0.468620217663 98% => OK
syllable_count: 590.4 705.55239521 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59920159681 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.96107784431 141% => OK
Article: 3.0 8.76447105788 34% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.70958083832 37% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.22255489022 166% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 19.7664670659 106% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.9152950946 57.8364921388 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.4761904762 119.503703932 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.1904761905 23.324526521 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.80952380952 5.70786347227 84% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.25449101796 57% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.20758483034 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 6.88822355289 160% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.67664670659 43% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0875028494521 0.218282227539 40% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.039830079553 0.0743258471296 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.109259801634 0.0701772020484 156% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0567904953473 0.128457276422 44% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0695564200105 0.0628817314937 111% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.0 14.3799401198 70% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 68.1 48.3550499002 141% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 12.197005988 71% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 8.99 12.5979740519 71% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.35 8.32208582834 88% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 98.500998004 74% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 12.3882235529 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.9071856287 76% => 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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