The surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people.
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 the determinant of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists or scientists, but the general welfare of its people. Admittedly, the overall welfare of citizens is very important for a nation, the establishments of artists and rulers of a country also can indicate a great nation.
The well-being of people is an indicator of a great nation. Take Sweden as an example. The country in the northern Europe is known for the happiness of its people because the country has free national health service, a large amount of insurance for elderly residents, disabled people as well as unemployed labors. Moreover, women, LGBTQs and other marginalized people are treated equally in this country where people are open-minded and comprehensive. Although total GDP of Sweden is not the highest throughout the world and there are not as many prominent enterprises in the country as those in the United States, Sweden is paradise for people from other countries which have amazingly large volume of products and incredibly high GDP. So who can deny that Sweden is not a great nation.
However, the overall welfare of a nation’s people is not the only indicator of a great nation. The achievements of its rulers can also presage the nation’s greatness. Take Franklin Roosevelt as an example. He directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history which successfully help the nation recovering from the depression. Having a president like Roosevelt which implying an efficient and feasible electoral system, is an important indicator of a great nation. Compared with the system of a line of monarch which is based on blood rather than ability, the American-styled electoral system have superiority as the best politician can be elected through debates and discussions.
In addition, the achievements of writers as well as movie makers can also indicate a great nation. For example, Shakespeare who is famous for his brilliant dramas like Romeo and Juliet as well as Hamlet makes his motherland – Britain- become a country of literature. Thanks to Shakespeare, people living in the nation regard poets, writers and playwrights as intellectuals and give them high social status, which is uncommon in other countries. Also, famous French film director like François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, the founders of the French New Wave, totally change the definition of movies and people’s opinion towards movies. And movies have become an indispensable part of French people since the New Wave.
In a nutshell, both general welfare of people and achievements by its rulers as well as writers and directors are indicators of a great nation.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 738, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[3]
Message: “So who” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, moreover, so, well, for example, in addition, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 14.0 33.0505617978 42% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 58.6224719101 85% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 12.9106741573 31% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2359.0 2235.4752809 106% => OK
No of words: 450.0 442.535393258 102% => OK
Chars per words: 5.24222222222 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.6057793516 4.55969084622 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95168418131 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 220.0 215.323595506 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.488888888889 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 734.4 704.065955056 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 6.24550561798 16% => OK
Article: 11.0 4.99550561798 220% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 70.2078877335 60.3974514979 116% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.95 118.986275619 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.5 23.4991977007 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.8 5.21951772744 73% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => 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: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.233457890365 0.243740707755 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0877448539885 0.0831039109588 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.092012915356 0.0758088955206 121% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.176175586068 0.150359130593 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.093874701805 0.0667264976115 141% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 14.1392134831 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.8420337079 101% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.41 12.1639044944 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.15 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 100.480337079 125% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => 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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