In any situation, progress requires discussion among people who have contrasting points of view.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
The speaker asserts that progress needs discussion among people who have contrasting points of view in any situation. Admittedly, the best opinion can win out after discussion, discussion may cause social hysteria and individual’s endeavor can also bring out progress.
According to the ancient Greek philosophy, the most reasonable opinion can win after fierce discussions. Take the Ancient Greek as an example. The nation which is known for direct democracy is one of the origins of Western civilization, and those brilliant philosophers like Aristotle and Plato have influenced hundreds of precedent philosophers profoundly. Also, political system like democracy and ideals like freedom and individualism have become inveterate ideals and principles of Western people. And all those great achievement were gained because of its system- all resolutions had to be decided by all its people through fierce discussions.
However, discussions and debates may cause general hysteria and inefficiency. Like what is claimed in the book Public Opinion written by famous socialist Lippmann, as people hold totally opposite opinions and they cannot persuade each other, people will have conflicts with other people and even abhor each other. Thus, no final outcome will be gained and no achievement will be made. For example, with the greater polarization throughout the United States, people who lean right side never watch CNN or read the New York Times which are famous for left-leaned speeches. And at the same time, those middle-class citizens also seldom watch the FOX and always criticize Twitters tweeted by the president. Both the two group cannot persuade each other and those news organizations which are established primarily for public discussion have become useless and biased. Therefore, it is clear that discussions cannot always lead to efficiency, instead may cause inefficiency.
In addition, individual’s endeavor can also contribute to progress in her or his field. Famous writer James Joyce is a good example. The author of Ulysses, an avant-garde of modernism in the field of literature, coined the stream of conscience and used a lot psychological descriptions and disordered timeline in his books, which mark the beginning of another era of literature. Other famous writers of modernism like Virginia Woolf was influenced by Joyce a lot. Therefore, the progress of literature is made by a writer’s innovation and genuity.
In a nutshell, not only public discussions but also a person’s endeavor can bring about progress.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, may, so, therefore, thus, for example, in addition
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 19.5258426966 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 33.0505617978 39% => OK
Preposition: 47.0 58.6224719101 80% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2180.0 2235.4752809 98% => OK
No of words: 392.0 442.535393258 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.5612244898 5.05705443957 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.44960558625 4.55969084622 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.06806633382 2.79657885939 110% => OK
Unique words: 222.0 215.323595506 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.566326530612 0.4932671777 115% => OK
syllable_count: 679.5 704.065955056 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 6.24550561798 32% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 57.4874768971 60.3974514979 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.0 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6 23.4991977007 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.5 5.21951772744 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.189301897255 0.243740707755 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.055862077797 0.0831039109588 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0753950778709 0.0758088955206 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.105214038276 0.150359130593 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.065205332498 0.0667264976115 98% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.6 14.1392134831 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 48.8420337079 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.97 12.1639044944 123% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.17 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 114.0 100.480337079 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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