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

People nowadays are so busy with their lives, so they tend to ignore any problem until it hit them in their faces. Scandals can act as a wake-up call for profound changes, and they spark people's attention to a specific problem more than speakers or reformers can ever do. At the same time, scandals have many negative impacts on people's lives.

Scandals are most common in politics, where most of the people tend to scrutinize the politician's actions, especially in elections time. Mostly, the politicians use scandals as a tool to discredit their opponents. We all remember the scandal of the former president Bill Clinton. The other political party used this scandal to damage Clinton's reputation. Furthermore, years later, when Hillary Clinton ran for the presidential election recently, her opponent used the same scandal against her along with other scandals. Scandals in politics are powerful, people could choose who to elect according to these kinds of information.

While media should help to raise people awareness and focus their attention on problems, all types of media instinctively hunt for the scandals to make stunning headlines and raise their popularity. Most of the time, scandals are pompous and fallacious and can destroy innocent people lives. Especially with the pervasive use of social media as a source for news. Anyone can create a fake news and incite a scandal to ruin the reputation of individual or institution. Also, many decent people may be targeted by scandals on social media without any validation of the information which these scandals built on.

Moreover, many people react to scandals surprisingly in a negative way, people's perception of scandals differ according to their way of thinking. For example, the ongoing massive shooting in different areas of the US persuades many sycophants or mentally-ill person to do such thing. So many people can be inspired to involve in immoral activity for the sake of money, fame or any other desires.

Scandals may raise people's awareness about the consequences of wrong-doings. Most importantly, if scandals involve people whom they consider a role model, these scandals will galvanize their attention. In addition to ruining the wrong-doer's reputation, also immoral activities could have deteriorating effects on his health, family, and social life. For instance, Maradona, who is considered for many people as the greatest soccer player of all the time, was addicted to drugs (cocaine), this shocking news for his fans around the world soon affected his career, years later he was unable to play soccer anymore as a result. Also, Peter Rose was one of the best baseball players of his generation, but his involvement with gambling on baseball games has tarnished his image in the eyes of many. Undoubtedly, this kind of scandal touched the lives of many of their fans and raised their awareness about the deteriorating effects of illicit activities.

In conclusion, Scandals can focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could. However, some scandals affect people's decisions, but others are fallacious and ruin the reputation of individuals or institution.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 54, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a negative way" with adverb for "negative"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...y people react to scandals surprisingly in a negative way, peoples perception of scandals differ ...
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Line 9, column 472, Rule ID: TO_NON_BASE[1]
Message: The verb after "to" should be in the base form: 'drug'.
Suggestion: drug
...player of all the time, was addicted to drugs cocaine, this shocking news for his fan...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, however, if, may, moreover, so, while, for example, for instance, in addition, in conclusion, kind of, as a result

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 19.5258426966 56% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 33.0 33.0505617978 100% => OK
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2679.0 2235.4752809 120% => OK
No of words: 509.0 442.535393258 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.26326129666 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.74984508646 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79184737876 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 269.0 215.323595506 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.528487229862 0.4932671777 107% => OK
syllable_count: 836.1 704.065955056 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.045959649 60.3974514979 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.16 118.986275619 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.36 23.4991977007 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.52 5.21951772744 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 10.2758426966 39% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 19.0 5.13820224719 370% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.162343595422 0.243740707755 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0574985043705 0.0831039109588 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0714569352762 0.0758088955206 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.112226441243 0.150359130593 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0677581669409 0.0667264976115 102% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 14.1392134831 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.1639044944 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.13 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 145.0 100.480337079 144% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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