Claim: In any situation, the best way to persuade other people is to present them with facts and statistics rather than with emotional arguments.
Reason: Facts are objective, so they are more persuasive than subjective appeals.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
Humans are emotional beings, and many a time, our judgment is affected by our emotions. The prompt claims that in any situation, the best way to persuade other people is to present them with objective facts and not emotional arguments, as facts are more persuasive than emotions. I am afraid I have to disagree with the claim and argue that emotional arguments are equally persuasive; if not more, I will support my claim for the following three reasons.
To begin, let’s look back at history to World War II. There was tension between America and the United States, but Americans were not eager to engage in conflict. In order to rile up Americans to take arms against the Japanese, propaganda was contrived. Posters portraying Japanese soldiers with fangs, knives dripping with blood were put across the city to rile up emotions at the domestic level. Americans then started to question the safety of their family, which consequently garnered support for the war. It must be noted that at that time, there were no Japanese Soldiers causing havoc in the vicinity. It was just the emotions evoked by the poster that caused the unrest. This incident champions that emotions can be as effective as a subjective argument, if not more.
Further, let’s delve into the ubiquitous issue of discrimination against Muslims. Most of us share the belief that all men are created equal, and we should not discriminate against one another in the name of religion or the color of our skin. We are also well aware of the infamous attack by Bin Laden on the World Trade Center (the 9/11) in 2001. The act of terrorism instilled fear, an emotion into many Americans which exasperated Americans to become hostile towards fellow Muslim denizens. The antipathy was not sound, but it had the power to transform the views of millions of Americans overnight. Unfortunately, even today, many Americans are hostile towards Muslims. Such is the power of emotions, and it can convince profound people to make decisions against their beliefs.
Finally, let’s look at a quotidian example of luxury goods if one makes a basic comparison between a “Louis Vuitton”(LV) bag and another bag that can be bought at TJ Maxx. It is fair to say that both the bags have the same function and differ mostly in their price. While an LV bag costs thousands of dollars, a quality bag can be bought for under two hundred dollars at TJ Maxx. I can say from experience that the TJ Maxx bag is going to be more durable in the long run. Contrary to the fact, many of us still splurge months of rent to afford an LV bag. Why so? It is conspicuous that the consumer is blind-sighted by emotions to make an improvident decision. Hence, again this obviates that emotions are as powerful a tool as logic.
To conclude, people may say that, on the contrary, facts are more persuasive in cases like job interviews. Yes, I do agree that emotional persuasion is not all that you would need in that case. Your work ethic will get you the first interview. But even during the hiring process, there is a bar raiser round where the interviewer gauges to see if you would be a right fit for the institution. That is the place where your numbers stop to work and some emotional persuasion is needed. In most cases, the Hiring Committees don’t want to work with a person who is only numbers. They want to see some passion and empathy. Hence, I can reiterate that emotional persuasion can be as convincing, if not more, in various situations when compared to facts.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 116, Rule ID: NO_SPACE_CLOSING_QUOTE[1]
Message: There should be a space after a closing quote.
Suggestion: ” LV
...asic comparison between a “Louis Vuitton”LV bag and another bag that can be bought ...
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, finally, first, hence, if, look, may, so, still, then, well, while, i am afraid, in most cases, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 19.5258426966 174% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 24.0 11.3162921348 212% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 50.0 33.0505617978 151% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 83.0 58.6224719101 142% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2902.0 2235.4752809 130% => OK
No of words: 612.0 442.535393258 138% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.74183006536 5.05705443957 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.97379470361 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6008678645 2.79657885939 93% => OK
Unique words: 321.0 215.323595506 149% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.524509803922 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 909.9 704.065955056 129% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 15.0 6.24550561798 240% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 33.0 20.2370786517 163% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.7275104958 60.3974514979 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 87.9393939394 118.986275619 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5454545455 23.4991977007 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.12121212121 5.21951772744 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.83258426966 248% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.234760597633 0.243740707755 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0511101061707 0.0831039109588 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0966563657738 0.0758088955206 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.138542139036 0.150359130593 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.137094736565 0.0667264976115 205% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.2 14.1392134831 72% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.21 12.1639044944 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 135.0 100.480337079 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 116, Rule ID: NO_SPACE_CLOSING_QUOTE[1]
Message: There should be a space after a closing quote.
Suggestion: ” LV
...asic comparison between a “Louis Vuitton”LV bag and another bag that can be bought ...
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, finally, first, hence, if, look, may, so, still, then, well, while, i am afraid, in most cases, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 19.5258426966 174% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 24.0 11.3162921348 212% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 50.0 33.0505617978 151% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 83.0 58.6224719101 142% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2902.0 2235.4752809 130% => OK
No of words: 612.0 442.535393258 138% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.74183006536 5.05705443957 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.97379470361 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6008678645 2.79657885939 93% => OK
Unique words: 321.0 215.323595506 149% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.524509803922 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 909.9 704.065955056 129% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 15.0 6.24550561798 240% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 33.0 20.2370786517 163% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.7275104958 60.3974514979 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 87.9393939394 118.986275619 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5454545455 23.4991977007 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.12121212121 5.21951772744 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.83258426966 248% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.234760597633 0.243740707755 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0511101061707 0.0831039109588 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0966563657738 0.0758088955206 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.138542139036 0.150359130593 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.137094736565 0.0667264976115 205% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.2 14.1392134831 72% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.21 12.1639044944 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 135.0 100.480337079 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.