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 following appeared in a note from a sedan owner to a friend.
"Of the two top brands of cars introduced in past year, Kia cars are clearly more superior to the competing Alfa cars. Kia cars boast aesthetically pleasing design and a fuel economy of 50 kms per liter. In the past quarter alone, 8000 Kia cars were sold. Alfa cars, on the other hand have received only a few positive reviews regarding their overall performance. I have personally test driven both brands, and I strongly recommend that you buy a Kia car for superior performance at a cost-effective price."
At first the authors argument seems convincing but upon further reflection it reveals that it is rife with holes and some assumptions need to justified before the argument can be considered valid.
Author, the sedan owner, in the note to his friend first talks about the two top brands of cars introduced recently Kia and Alfa cars. The author needs to justify the unstated assumption of on what basis these two brands he is considering to be the top two. Every automobile manufacturer produces cars focusing particular class of society. The higher class demands more luxurious vehicles while the middle and lower class may consider a vehicle primarily for transportation and convenience. So if these two brands fall into same category of automobile manufacturers must be made clear first. Then author talks about the aesthetically pleasing design, but one may find a design aesthetically pleasing to himself that is not to others. Also the fuel economy of 50 Kmpl for a car seems to be an inflated value when actual values are concerned. Also, author has not justified anything about on what road condition or terrain, traffic, acceleration patterns the testing for fuel economy was done. Has he actually got this much millage for himself or is he telling some one else's, needs to be justified.
Furthermore author talks about 8000 Kia cars sold in the past quarter but in what size region remains unstated. 8000 Kia cars sold worldwide may seem insignificant if 8000 Alfa cars are sold in a single state. Also, author hasn't mentioned the sale for Alfa cars. Further, no statement about the customer reviews of Kia cars is mentioned. Just company boasting its products, which is an obvious thing, doesn't mean that it has received positive reviews and the customers are satisfied. The comparison shouldn't be biased.
Further, author also hasn't stated important for comparison things like, millage of Alfa cars, sale of Alfa car. The time and distance for test drive is not mentioned.
Comments
e-rater score report
Number of Paragraphs: 3 5
Minimum four paragraphs wanted
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 7 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 7 2
No. of Sentences: 18 15
No. of Words: 334 350
No. of Characters: 1620 1500
No. of Different Words: 184 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.275 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.85 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.627 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 109 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 84 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 58 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 36 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 18.556 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.474 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.667 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.307 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.435 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.098 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 3 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 14, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
At first the authors argument seems convincing but upon furt...
^^^^^^^
Line 2, column 491, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[3]
Message: “So 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.
...ily for transportation and convenience. So if these two brands fall into same categor...
^^^^^
Line 2, column 734, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
...asing to himself that is not to others. Also the fuel economy of 50 Kmpl for a car s...
^^^^
Line 2, column 1059, Rule ID: ANY_BODY[1]
Message: Did you mean 'someone'?
Suggestion: someone
...ch millage for himself or is he telling some one elses, needs to be justified. Furthe...
^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Furthermore,
...me one elses, needs to be justified. Furthermore author talks about 8000 Kia cars sold i...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 224, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: hasn't
...re sold in a single state. Also, author hasnt mentioned the sale for Alfa cars. Furth...
^^^^^
Line 4, column 402, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...ts products, which is an obvious thing, doesnt mean that it has received positive revi...
^^^^^^
Line 4, column 500, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: shouldn't
...customers are satisfied. The comparison shouldnt be biased. Further, author also hasn...
^^^^^^^^
Line 6, column 22, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: hasn't
...ldnt be biased. Further, author also hasnt stated important for comparison things ...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, furthermore, if, may, so, then, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.6327345309 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.9520958084 46% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 11.1786427146 98% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 13.6137724551 37% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 16.0 28.8173652695 56% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 55.5748502994 63% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 16.3942115768 61% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1661.0 2260.96107784 73% => OK
No of words: 330.0 441.139720559 75% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.03333333333 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.26214759535 4.56307096286 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67026100739 2.78398813304 96% => OK
Unique words: 190.0 204.123752495 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.575757575758 0.468620217663 123% => OK
syllable_count: 511.2 705.55239521 72% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 4.96107784431 0% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.70958083832 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.22255489022 47% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 19.7664670659 91% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 22.8473053892 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.5888202825 57.8364921388 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.2777777778 119.503703932 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.3333333333 23.324526521 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.61111111111 5.70786347227 63% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 5.15768463074 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 9.0 5.25449101796 171% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => 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: 0.141432111022 0.218282227539 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0429879222696 0.0743258471296 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0535821451645 0.0701772020484 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0987432570714 0.128457276422 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0646067611923 0.0628817314937 103% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 14.3799401198 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.3550499002 128% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.197005988 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.89 12.5979740519 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.55 8.32208582834 103% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 98.500998004 85% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.1389221557 83% => 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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