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 writes when he says scandals are useful, his implication seems right, but scandals are not just useful; they also have an impact on the society which can be negative. It can have detrimental effects on the trust amongst the people about their leaders and governments. Thus, the writer’s judgement is only partially true.
It can be said that the writer’s perspective is like the age old saying- “Every dark cloud has a silver lining”- but herein the darker clouds of scandals are detrimental for any society causing lossess of economy, mistrust amongst the people and a creation of negative atmosphere amongst general public. If you consider modern day scandals, they are mostly related to politicians or a person having powers and misusing those to make undue benefits for himself or people associated with him. When this act is caught and exposed: brought to the attention of the general public; they certainly loose an amount of trust for their leaders. This has an negative impact on the society. For an instance, an important member of the government cabinet, gets trapped in a scandal then the people will view the entire cabinet with suspicion. This will make them distrust their elected representatives. This can affect the investment market as the investor no longer trust the aspirations of the ruling government. This can lead to loss of economy and affect the lives of people in general. Also, if the scandal is involving a lot of money or wherein, a lot of black money is being laundered out of the country, then the scandal itself has affected the economy badly. So, scandals can have a detrimental effect on the economy. The writer says that scandals garner a lot of attention, but the ones which involve a lot of money or have larger implications, get that lot of attention and the smaller or lesser ones, don’t get that much attention. However, the larger scandals may have hugely bad results on economy, and also result in acrimony amongst the people towards the authority, which in turn may affect the atmosphere in the country.
Conversely, when the writer says that the scandals are useful, he is right to a certain extent. They give an unprecedented amount of publicity to an issue which any speaker or activist cannot, even if they work to the best of their abilities. With the advancement of technology and betterment of information transfer networks, the knowledge about a scandal will spread like a conflagration, within no time, reach out to the farthest and deepest parts of the country. This, in turn will ensure that there is a faster enquiry being made and those found guilty are punished commensurately. Furthermore, a scandal being exposed and punishment meted out will make the general public more aware and also the authority or people working in the government more vigilant and more importantly, the offenders wary that if caught, they will be punished and there is no escape. This will, more likely ensure that for a certain period of time, at least, the system remains clean and the scandalous will be afraid of commiting any wrong doings.
But again, this is like looking at the brighter side of dark things. A scandal happening is like a shame on part of the government and society in general that such nasty elements exist in the society. So, scandals can be useful but they aren’t just useful. They have many negative impliacations on the society.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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...isusing those to make undue benefits for himself or people associated with him. W...
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...xposed: brought to the attention of the general public; they certainly loose an amount of trus...
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...e aspirations of the ruling government. This can lead to loss of economy and affect ...
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...people in general. Also, if the scandal is involving a lot of money or wherein, a lot of bl...
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...e scandal is involving a lot of money or wherein, a lot of black money is being l...
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...king in the government more vigilant and more importantly, the offenders wary tha...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, conversely, furthermore, however, if, look, may, so, then, thus, at least, in general
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 28.0 14.8657303371 188% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 33.0505617978 121% => OK
Preposition: 62.0 58.6224719101 106% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2854.0 2235.4752809 128% => OK
No of words: 576.0 442.535393258 130% => OK
Chars per words: 4.95486111111 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.89897948557 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73924445165 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 269.0 215.323595506 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.467013888889 0.4932671777 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 896.4 704.065955056 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 6.24550561798 256% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Interrogative: 2.0 0.740449438202 270% => OK
Article: 11.0 4.99550561798 220% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 72.181061228 60.3974514979 120% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.16 118.986275619 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.04 23.4991977007 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.84 5.21951772744 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 13.0 7.80617977528 167% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 16.0 5.13820224719 311% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.140456642704 0.243740707755 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0406382664808 0.0831039109588 49% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0329550642492 0.0758088955206 43% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.092778625894 0.150359130593 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.013266703749 0.0667264976115 20% => 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: 13.4 14.1392134831 95% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.8420337079 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.73 12.1639044944 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.56 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 138.0 100.480337079 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 11.8971910112 122% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => 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: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 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.