"The following appeared as part of a petition sent to residents of Youngtown by an environmental protection group:
"The Smith Corporation shouldn't be permitted to develop the land that is now part of the Youngtown Wildlife Preserve. This sanctuary is essential to the survival of the 300 bird species that live in our area. Although only a small percentage of the land will be sold to Smith,the proposed development will have disastrous consequences for our area. The company plans to build a small hotel on the land. Although they have promised to ensure the preservation of the sanctuary,there is no way that their plans will do anything but harm the sanctuary. There are no circumstances under which this sale will benefit our community, which relies on tourists who visit primarily to see our magnificent bird population."" -
Write a response in which you examine the started and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
The argument seems to be convincing at first but upon looking into it more profoundly, we find out that the argument is rife with holes and assumptions. Thus, to come to the conclusion, the author must consider all these assumptions and then make a statement regarding the petition.
At first, it is said that only a small part of the entire land area will be sold to smith. Here, it is nowhere mentioned how small or what is the area of the land that is being sold. if the land area that is being given to smith is very small as compared to the total area of the santuary then this should not affect the wildlife in anyway.
Moreover, it is also said that smith is wiiling to build a hotel on that land. And as mentioned by the author that the community benefits from tourists who come to see their prestigiuos wildlife santuary, so indirectly this may benefit the community itself if there is a plan to build a hotel which could act as a place for the tourists to make themselves comfortable. there is also no mention of any other accomodations for these tourists. They may be staying at hotels or towns nearby this santuary but building a hotel nearby will be nothing but beneficial for the community.
Furthermore, it is said that there is no way to ensure that smith will not ruin the santuary or cause any kind of harm. so the author indirectly tries to depict that the building of the hotel and all the other plans that smith has regarding the land will cause harm to the santuary. but as the santuary is the most important tourist attraction, smith may not only not cause harm but also take several measures to protect it. After building a hotel, the revenue will generate only if maximum people come and visit the place. this will happen only if the santuary is well preserved and hence tourists may visit the place and also make a stay at the hotel which may benefit both, the santuary and smith.
Thus, if all the above assumptions have not been taken into proper consideration then the argument of the author is baseless. Hece, the author must consider all the assumptions and then arrive at the right conclusion.
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Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 7 2
No. of Sentences: 11 15
No. of Words: 385 350
No. of Characters: 1708 1500
No. of Different Words: 157 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.43 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.436 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.37 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 89 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 70 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 57 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 28 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 35 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 20.622 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 1 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.392 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.726 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.128 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 184, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...he area of the land that is being sold. if the land area that is being given to sm...
^^
Line 3, column 184, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “if” 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.
...he area of the land that is being sold. if the land area that is being given to sm...
^^
Line 3, column 331, Rule ID: IN_ANYWAY[1]
Message: Did you mean 'in any way'?
Suggestion: in any way
...hen this should not affect the wildlife in anyway. Moreover, it is also said that smi...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 370, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: There
...ourists to make themselves comfortable. there is also no mention of any other accomod...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 121, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: So
...the santuary or cause any kind of harm. so the author indirectly tries to depict t...
^^
Line 7, column 284, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: But
...e land will cause harm to the santuary. but as the santuary is the most important t...
^^^
Line 7, column 525, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: This
...aximum people come and visit the place. this will happen only if the santuary is wel...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, anyway, but, first, furthermore, hence, if, look, may, moreover, regarding, so, then, thus, well, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.6327345309 117% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.9520958084 116% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 11.1786427146 152% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 13.6137724551 103% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 28.8173652695 97% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 55.5748502994 70% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 16.3942115768 49% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1753.0 2260.96107784 78% => OK
No of words: 385.0 441.139720559 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.55324675325 5.12650576532 89% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4296068528 4.56307096286 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.45594820084 2.78398813304 88% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 204.123752495 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.436363636364 0.468620217663 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 543.6 705.55239521 77% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59920159681 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.96107784431 141% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 19.7664670659 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 24.0 22.8473053892 105% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.0880061756 57.8364921388 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.5625 119.503703932 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0625 23.324526521 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.9375 5.70786347227 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 5.25449101796 133% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.20758483034 37% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.67664670659 150% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.111711215427 0.218282227539 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0430770665062 0.0743258471296 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0422577747082 0.0701772020484 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0597171800102 0.128457276422 46% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0533922425645 0.0628817314937 85% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 14.3799401198 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 64.04 48.3550499002 132% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.197005988 84% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.41 12.5979740519 75% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.04 8.32208582834 85% => OK
difficult_words: 54.0 98.500998004 55% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 12.3882235529 73% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.1389221557 104% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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