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 above statement claims that scandals are useful because they focus our attention on the problems no speaker or reform could. It is human tendency to find negative aspects more fascinating than positive ones and scandals are no different in this case. They do attract attention of a wide range of population and more effectively disclose the obscured facts.
When a scandal is reported, it becomes known to a huge amount of population. The case is studied punctiliously and many aspects, which were not known previously, are revealed. For example, in India, a few years back the Commonwealth Games scandal took place in which various ministers including the then chief minister of the state. It was found that only half of the money sanctioned was used for the sports-persons. The scandal was huge and thousands of millions rupees were in question. It also unearthed the corruption in various departments and activities related to the Commonwealth Game, which eventually cumulated to the main scandal. All of that would have remained hidden if the scandal was never reported. Media played a vital role here in reporting even the minute details of the event making public aware and agitated and as a result all those ministers were duly punished and they also lost their seats in the next elections.
However, sometimes scandals prove to be distracting from more pressing problems which have a larger impact on the community and society. For example, a few years back, an IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh (a state of Central India) was tried and punished in the case of bribery. The scandal enjoyed great media coverage; every new development was front page news. But it did not disclose the corruption in the system itself. It became merely a case of a man’s greed. There could have been a greater outcome, if the approach of the revelation of the scandal had been different.
In conclusion, it could only be said that a scandal can become a powerful device to address and appeal a large share of population. It can be an important factor in the socio-economic of a society. However, whether it’s a boon or a bane should be decided for each individual case
Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'however', 'if', 'so', 'then', 'for example', 'in conclusion', 'as a result']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.241379310345 0.240241500013 100% => OK
Verbs: 0.160098522167 0.157235817809 102% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0886699507389 0.0880659088768 101% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0591133004926 0.0497285424764 119% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0369458128079 0.0444667217837 83% => OK
Prepositions: 0.105911330049 0.12292977631 86% => OK
Participles: 0.051724137931 0.0406280797675 127% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.76435227942 2.79330140395 99% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0147783251232 0.030933414821 48% => Some infinitives wanted.
Particles: 0.0 0.0016655270985 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.133004926108 0.0997080785238 133% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0172413793103 0.0249443105267 69% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.012315270936 0.0148568991511 83% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2173.0 2732.02544248 80% => OK
No of words: 366.0 452.878318584 81% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.93715846995 6.0361032391 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.37391431897 4.58838876751 95% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.349726775956 0.366273622748 95% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.275956284153 0.280924506359 98% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.204918032787 0.200843997647 102% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.122950819672 0.132149295362 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76435227942 2.79330140395 99% => OK
Unique words: 208.0 219.290929204 95% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.568306010929 0.48968727796 116% => OK
Word variations: 64.5615858543 55.4138127331 117% => OK
How many sentences: 20.0 20.6194690265 97% => OK
Sentence length: 18.3 23.380412469 78% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.7622374263 59.4972553346 69% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.65 141.124799967 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.3 23.380412469 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.45 0.674092028746 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.94800884956 81% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.21349557522 0% => OK
Readability: 45.8956284153 51.4728631049 89% => OK
Elegance: 1.55769230769 1.64882698954 94% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.331854873548 0.391690518653 85% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0876436596206 0.123202303941 71% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0448904594126 0.077325440228 58% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.49406318948 0.547984918172 90% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.113097560877 0.149214159877 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.125405004141 0.161403998019 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0860762994631 0.0892212321368 96% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.387739998275 0.385218514788 101% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.122167963908 0.0692045440612 177% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.240630676571 0.275328986314 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0677122040495 0.0653680567796 104% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 10.4325221239 38% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 5.30420353982 226% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.88274336283 82% => OK
Positive topic words: 2.0 7.22455752212 28% => More positive topic words wanted.
Negative topic words: 10.0 3.66592920354 273% => OK
Neutral topic words: 2.0 2.70907079646 74% => OK
Total topic words: 14.0 13.5995575221 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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