Claim: The best test of an argument is its ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
Reason: Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting views of others does one really discover the value of that idea.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
Absolutely one of the most interesting feature of the life is the differences between human beings. people have disparate beliefs and sometimes they argue about them and try to convince each other to accept their point of view. although in many cases these arguments can help people to think more deeply about their own beliefs, sometimes it could be misleading. Thus, I can’t completely agree with the statement “the best test of an argument is it’s ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint”.
In my opinion the best test of argument is its ability to increase knowledge of people. In my career as a genetics student, argument is a really necessary part. sometimes my classmates and I gather to speak about different topics of Biology and genetics and it helps us to be up to date. For instance years ago I didn’t believe in evolution but one of my friends talk to me about it and give me a lot of convincing reasons and examples and persuade me that I was wrong.
Nobody can deny that convincing is one of the most properties of an argument but we should consider that when an argument is convincing it doesn’t mean that it is true. sometimes a convincing but wrong argument can mislead people and make them to believe something that is not true. This usually happens in religious or political arguments which people try to impose their point of view on the others. For example, once my cousin tried to convince me that women should have been forced to put scarf and hide their hair in the society. He told me if we forced women to put scarf it makes families stronger and prevent the society from corruption and rape. although his reasons was plausible but the idea was certainly wrong.
In conclusion, though an argument should have been convincing, it is more important that helps people to learn new things and think more deeply about their beliefs.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, really, so, thus, for example, for instance, in conclusion, in many cases, in my opinion, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 45.0 33.0505617978 136% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 45.0 58.6224719101 77% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1581.0 2235.4752809 71% => OK
No of words: 328.0 442.535393258 74% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.82012195122 5.05705443957 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.25567506705 4.55969084622 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67305382678 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 171.0 215.323595506 79% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.521341463415 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 495.0 704.065955056 70% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 20.2370786517 74% => 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: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.2595323312 60.3974514979 57% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 105.4 118.986275619 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.8666666667 23.4991977007 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.26666666667 5.21951772744 139% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.250710805728 0.243740707755 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0781821191175 0.0831039109588 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0696064107626 0.0758088955206 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.14217108978 0.150359130593 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0568709068096 0.0667264976115 85% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 14.1392134831 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 48.8420337079 120% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.68 12.1639044944 88% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.81 8.38706741573 93% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 100.480337079 65% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 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: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.