The best test of an argument is the argument's ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
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.
Today's democratic society encourages the constance exchanges of ideas and arguments related to policies that directly and indirectly impact our lives. As we participate in a political process, we are often presented with opposing views on a critical issue and are asked to evaluate their weakness and strength. While it would be admirable for a person to convince people with a opposing viewpoint by presenting a compelling argument, we should not test the merit of an argument by its ability to convince those who oppose the argument.
While a strong argument may convince people from the other side of spectrum, certain issues and positions are too closely tied with people's worldview that it is almost impossible to change people's position on a issue no matter how much effort is made to convince them. For example, we often find that people formulate their opinions on a issue not based on the merits of arguments presented to them, but their ideology often makes them predisposes them to prefer a certain set of ideas and opinions. Thus, people's ideology comes before their consideration of each issues presented to them. For example, a person who identifies himself or herself as politically liberal may prefer the active involvement of the government in addressing poverty and wealth distribution. That person may be presented with a strong case that explains why in a certain case the government may be ineffective in resolving a problem, but that person still would prefer the involvement of the government because his worldview dictates that the government must take more responsiblity for the betterment of people's welfare. The same thing could be true for people who identify themselves as politically conservative. A certain problem in a city may be easily resolved with a government involvement, but conservative people would still prefer minimizing government's interference in its citizen's lives. Thus, it would be not feasible for a person to convince people who are strongly committed to a certain form of idealogy. Thus, it would not be fair to judge the merit of a argument based on its ability to convince those who opposes the idea.
The better test might be its ability to convince those who hold moderate view on the issue. People who are less committed to a certain form of ideology might approach a social issue from the standpoint of practicality, and they may be willing to listen to ideas from different spectrums. Therefore, it is crucial for a democratic society to involve people from all the spectrum of all political idealogies. The political system that only allows people with extreme views to raise their voices would result in the polarization of the society, in which making an argument based on facts and logics would not be an effective strategy in brining changes to society.
Thus, while one should definately develop a strong argument based on facts and strong logic, it would not be fair to test the merit of the argument based on its ability to change the opinions of people with an opposing viewpoint. That would make people with an opposing viewpoint both players and judge in the game. Thus, we should evaluate the strength of an argument by its ability to convince people who hold the moderate viewpoint on issues.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 377, 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
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Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...mpossible to change peoples position on a issue no matter how much effort is made...
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Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...that people formulate their opinions on a issue not based on the merits of argume...
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Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...would not be fair to judge the merit of a argument based on its ability to convin...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, may, so, still, therefore, thus, while, for example
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 22.0 12.4196629213 177% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 45.0 33.0505617978 136% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 77.0 58.6224719101 131% => OK
Nominalization: 24.0 12.9106741573 186% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2727.0 2235.4752809 122% => OK
No of words: 542.0 442.535393258 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.03136531365 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82502781895 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.78399834369 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 219.0 215.323595506 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.40405904059 0.4932671777 82% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 875.7 704.065955056 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 28.0 23.0359550562 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 68.3606616074 60.3974514979 113% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.526315789 118.986275619 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.5263157895 23.4991977007 121% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.15789473684 5.21951772744 61% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.200850653132 0.243740707755 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0804009477786 0.0831039109588 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0744695728879 0.0758088955206 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.168784759404 0.150359130593 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0633325633433 0.0667264976115 95% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.5 14.1392134831 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.06 48.8420337079 88% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 12.1743820225 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.19 12.1639044944 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.46 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 118.0 100.480337079 117% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 11.8971910112 122% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 11.2143820225 118% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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