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Imagine you have two friends who deal with problems in very different ways. One of your friends believes that laughter and taking things lightly (not too seriously) is the best way to find a solution for most problems. Your other friend believes that it is better to be serious and not take things lightly, even when dealing with very small problems.
Which approach do you prefer? Why?

Given the increasing complexity of modern life, almost everyone encounters problems from time to time. I believe the friend who treats problems seriously is employing the preferable approach.

First, seriously treating problems strengthens social relationships. Some people prefer taking things lightly by not worrying about them too much. For them, laughter is the key to solving problems. The downside of this attitude is that when they constantly ignore harsh facts and avoid confronting issues they have to deal with, ensuing complications will accumulate until they get out of control, bringing chaos to their lives. And this would make them seem irresponsible and not trustworthy as social acquaintances. However, if people take problems, even small ones, seriously, they can eliminate potential long-term troubles. For example, when someone finds a car light is not properly functioning and immediately takes action to fix the lighting problem, it will then be unlikely for this person to get into a car accident caused by lighting failures. And when people constantly display zero tolerance for problems regardless of their magnitude, other people will deem them reliable and want to trust them in social relationships.

Second, not taking things lightly by confronting problems right away improves problem-solving skills. Nowadays, people’s lives are becoming ever-more complex, and the need to solve problems by oneself has become crucial. If people keep ignoring problems in their lives, they might feel happy or relaxed for a while, but the next time they encounter similar issues, they still will not possess the ability to tackle them efficiently. In contrast, when people can develop the habit of solving problems timely, they can gain valuable first-hand experience. When running into similar scenarios, they will employ this experience to tackle them relatively successfully and efficiently. Also, the more skilled they are at problem-solving, the higher the probability they can apply this experience to other problems. For instance, when someone knows that computer over-heating is because of poor contact and sometimes later finds out that the electric stove is overheating, he might figure out that cleaning the power cord and properly plugging the cable would cool it down.

To conclude, seriously treating problems when they arise can enhance people’s social relationships with others and help them be more sophisticated at problem-solving.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, second, so, still, then, while, for example, for instance, in contrast

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 15.1003584229 66% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 9.8082437276 153% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 13.8261648746 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.0286738351 109% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 43.0788530466 86% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 52.1666666667 73% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.0752688172 74% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2104.0 1977.66487455 106% => OK
No of words: 375.0 407.700716846 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.61066666667 4.8611393121 115% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.40055868397 4.48103885553 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93563546026 2.67179642975 110% => OK
Unique words: 222.0 212.727598566 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.592 0.524837075471 113% => OK
syllable_count: 616.5 618.680645161 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.59856630824 83% => OK
Article: 3.0 3.08781362007 97% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.51792114695 171% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.86738351254 214% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.94265232975 40% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.6003584229 87% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.1344086022 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 59.5599345405 48.9658058833 122% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.888888889 100.406767564 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8333333333 20.6045352989 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.61111111111 5.45110844103 103% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.5376344086 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 11.8709677419 59% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 3.85842293907 285% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.88709677419 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.197243550647 0.236089414692 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0742795409908 0.076458572812 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0688933786749 0.0737576698707 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.144261633063 0.150856017488 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0350318234768 0.0645574589148 54% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.4 11.7677419355 131% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 58.1214874552 88% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 10.1575268817 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.26 10.9000537634 140% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.34 8.01818996416 116% => OK
difficult_words: 112.0 86.8835125448 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.002688172 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.0537634409 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.247311828 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 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: conclusion.

So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:

reasons == advantages or

reasons == disadvantages

for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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