Of what importance is an idea that cannot be defended or proved by the giver? The value of an idea is in the points given to support its value or to defend its authenticity. The prompt states that to test the viability of an argument, the presenter of the argument needs to be able to defend his idea against the views provided by others. In my opinion, I strongly agree with the claim and argue that before ideas are accepted they should be proved by the person presenting them.
To start, ideas stem from either the experience or prescient nature of an individual. In most cases, as humans, we do not just present ideas without having points to back them up. This is also one of the ability being instilled in students: ability to take a side and justify their reasons for doing that. The analytical writing section of the general GRE is a good example of this. Of what importance is taking a side on an issue essay without the ability to clearly explain why the side is true and should be accepted. As the test graders expect, test writers should be able to defend their point of view even if it is not in alignment with that of the graders. Clear and distinct examples are able to convince the graders and earn more points. This example shows the importance of the ability to prove ones view though it might not be acceptable in all cases.
In another vein, the decisions to be taken in an organization will likely favour an employee who has more convincing points to back up his suggestion. For instance, consider two employees speaking in favour of the progress of their organization with different points of view. Perhaps, the organization needs more hands to meet up their various targets. Employee A might suggest that more hands be employed while B suggests that they should work overtime instead. As convincing as employee A's opinion might B, his view might be neglected if he cannot support his argument. Employee B might provide defend his view by considering the budget of the organization and the probability of not having a profit if more people are employed, the other employee might tend come to terms with this, considering the reasons provided.
In conclusion, to change the view of others lies in the ability to convince them to accept one's point of view. If people don’t see a reason to accept other peoples claim they tend to stick to their own opinions.
- 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 respo 58
- A ten year nationwide study of the effectiveness of wearing a helmet while bicycling indicates that ten years ago approximately 35 percent of all bicyclists reported wearing helmets whereas today that number is nearly 80 percent Another study however 60
- The following appeared in an article written by Dr Karp an anthropologist Twenty years ago Dr Field a noted anthropologist visited the island of Tertia and concluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entire village r 56
- Educational institutions should dissuade students from pursuing fields of study in which they are unlikely to succeed Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take In developing and sup 50
- A recently issued twenty year study on headaches suffered by the residents of Mentia investigated the possible therapeutic effect of consuming salicylates Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin a medicine used to treat headaches Al 58
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 112, 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.
...ince them to accept ones point of view. If people don’t see a reason to accept oth...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, if, so, still, then, while, for instance, in conclusion, in all cases, in most cases, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 14.8657303371 61% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 35.0 33.0505617978 106% => OK
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1970.0 2235.4752809 88% => OK
No of words: 422.0 442.535393258 95% => OK
Chars per words: 4.6682464455 5.05705443957 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53239876712 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52479116511 2.79657885939 90% => OK
Unique words: 201.0 215.323595506 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.476303317536 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 603.9 704.065955056 86% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59117977528 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.0797581876 60.3974514979 65% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.5 118.986275619 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.1 23.4991977007 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.25 5.21951772744 101% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.338285831019 0.243740707755 139% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.108710091314 0.0831039109588 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0797872168539 0.0758088955206 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.21930878541 0.150359130593 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.105507606636 0.0667264976115 158% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 14.1392134831 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 67.08 48.8420337079 137% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.81 12.1639044944 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.6 8.38706741573 91% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 100.480337079 78% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => 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: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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