Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
The statement raises a variety of issues about the role of scandals in social life. One school of thought postulates that scandals are not useful on the grounds that they divert public attention from more important issues. Another school of thought posits that scandals are useful because they help citizens focus on issues that could not be exposed in alternative ways. As far as I am concerned, I agree with the latter for the following reasons.
The first thing that springs to mind is that scandals reveal the true character of the people involved. A case in point would be a scandal regarding unethical bribing by politicians. The electorate perceives not only the way that the politicians involved in the scandal react to impeachments but also the behavior of their opponents and the moral of the journalists that exposed the scandal. Thus, by disclosing aspects of a personality, which would be concealed otherwise, scandals promote citizens' knowledge and participation in social affairs.
Another issue I would like to focus on is the change that scandals bring to the society and legislation. To illustrate this, let us consider a scandal about child trafficking. After the scandal is exposed, law makers are responsible for enacting new laws that will eliminate any possibility of a same, or any similar, action being repeated in the future. Therefore, laws are getting updated according to the needs of the current society.
A compelling argument against the importance of scandals in social life would underscore that their explosive character disorientates citizens. Few would disagree that some scandals that are brought to light by people with political motives are not supported by evidence. While this can divert public attention from more important social issues, it cannot disqualify the argument in favor of scandals' usefulness. It could also be mentioned that the public should investigate the source of the information to evaluate the accuracy of a scandal.
In conclusion, even if scandals might precipitate a short-lived, chaotic situation in a community, their role is essential. Focusing our attention on issues that would not be tackled otherwise, they facilitate the role of reformers and they promote politics.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, regarding, so, therefore, thus, while, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 14.8657303371 40% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 58.6224719101 87% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1895.0 2235.4752809 85% => OK
No of words: 357.0 442.535393258 81% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.3081232493 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34677393335 4.55969084622 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89268821294 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 190.0 215.323595506 88% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.532212885154 0.4932671777 108% => OK
syllable_count: 595.8 704.065955056 85% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.4928540274 60.3974514979 60% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.277777778 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.8333333333 23.4991977007 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.11111111111 5.21951772744 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 10.2758426966 39% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 13.0 5.13820224719 253% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.219752240316 0.243740707755 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0668641288942 0.0831039109588 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0469865212269 0.0758088955206 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.122113493916 0.150359130593 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0345910672621 0.0667264976115 52% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 14.1392134831 95% => 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: 13.52 12.1639044944 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.0 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 100.480337079 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 11.8971910112 63% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => 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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