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.
No one is this world is identical to another, we are all different by genetics and upbringing. While this may be beneficial for individualism, dissimilar ideas and values meant that arguments are often ineluctable. The very purpose of arguments is to protect and to impinge self-values onto other people. Thus, I think it is fair to say that the best measure of an argument’s ability would be its likeliness to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
Arguments arise from disparities between the beliefs of individuals, with the goal being to ultimately conform the viewpoints. If one can convince the opposing side to recant their previous viewpoint, there would be a homogeneity in ideas, and the purpose of the argument would be fulfilled. From this perspective, the ability of an argument is directly related to its ability to persuade the opposing side.
Through the process of developing and exchanging arguments, the participants are able to reflect about their values as well as the beliefs held by the opposition. Sometimes the participants may realize their own mistakes by themselves and acknowledge defeat. People may claim that this epiphany is a virtue of arguments, but I believe this defeat demeans the ability of the argument. I agree that one should forfeit an argument upon realization of their own mistakes, but this would not negate the fact that their argument is flawed in the first place – which is why they lost the argument. If one argument cannot successfully persuade the opposition but even backfire, it cannot be deemed to be a cogent argument.
Nevertheless, given the complexity of real life scenarios, I concede that the ability of an argument is often judged not basing on its efficiency to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint. For example, the judge may never be able to persuade a recalcitrant culprit into admitting his foul dealings. Surely the jury with ample evidence would be able to deliver a cogent argument, the culprit may simply deny the argument illogically because they know they would get prisoned or stained with a criminal record if they do get persuaded. In these scenarios, the ability of the argument cannot be measured by whether it can convince the culprit or not, but on a third party adjudicating the case.
In conclusion, arguments arise from the differences between each individual. If an argument can convince the opposition successfully, it can be said to be a cogent argument. However, in situations where either party is illogically unyielding due to fear of potential consequences, the best metric to measure the ability of an argument may lie upon third parties judging it.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, may, nevertheless, so, third, thus, well, while, for example, i think, in conclusion, as well as, in the first place
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 12.4196629213 161% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 58.0 58.6224719101 99% => OK
Nominalization: 21.0 12.9106741573 163% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2233.0 2235.4752809 100% => OK
No of words: 436.0 442.535393258 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.12155963303 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.56953094068 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98434158806 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 215.323595506 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.481651376147 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 723.6 704.065955056 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.033794627 60.3974514979 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.526315789 118.986275619 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.9473684211 23.4991977007 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.42105263158 5.21951772744 142% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.271216753174 0.243740707755 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0958688418387 0.0831039109588 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0818564878496 0.0758088955206 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.178315758945 0.150359130593 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0305342379329 0.0667264976115 46% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.2 14.1392134831 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 48.8420337079 83% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 12.1743820225 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.71 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.64 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 108.0 100.480337079 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.