Discussing controversial topics with those with contrasting views is not useful because very few people change their mind when questioned about their core beliefs.
Write a response to the prompt in which you discuss whether or not you agree or disagree. Be certain to fully develop your position and carefully consider ways in which your position could be challenged.
If one wants to get a better grasp of a controversial topic, it is essential to discuss it with those who have a contrasting view, even if very few people change their minds when questioned about their core beliefs.
Discussion of a controversial topic does not necessarily mean that it is being done with the sole purpose of making the other person question or change their beliefs. When someone enters a healthy debate, it is usually to put forth their view, and get to know the opposing view and make sense of where he or she stands. Yes, people usually want to win when discussing controversial topics, but that is through sensible dialogue, not through dogmaticism.
A healthy and robust discussion will ensue only if there are multiple ideas, ideologies and perspectives coming to play in the conversation. A discourse where two or more people just agree with each other all the time and nod their heads is not a healthy or worthwhile conversation. It is simply a group of people reiterating their opinion in the absence of an opposing notion. This can lead to narrow-mindedness. Such people would be extremely uncomfortable and defensive when met with contrasting views.
It is however important to note that when met with contrastingly opinionated people, most people tend to become defensive of their views and remain stubborn to be able to look at a clearer picture of the topic. This can make for a very frustrating conversation where everyone just keeps on repeating their point without even trying to understand what the other person is saying. It would be a very mercurial conversation, susceptible to bouts of angry retorts and personal insults. Overall, there would be no positive outcome.
Even so, it is wise to conclude that controversial discussions are best done with people of opposing views. It challenged the predominant ideas of people and forces them to be pragmatic and think further than they had done before.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, look, so, while, even so
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 33.0505617978 85% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 58.6224719101 70% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1625.0 2235.4752809 73% => OK
No of words: 325.0 442.535393258 73% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24591054749 4.55969084622 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95359614327 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 181.0 215.323595506 84% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.556923076923 0.4932671777 113% => OK
syllable_count: 498.6 704.065955056 71% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 4.38483146067 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
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: 50.0366088202 60.3974514979 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.333333333 118.986275619 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6666666667 23.4991977007 92% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.8 5.21951772744 54% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
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: 0.402125798244 0.243740707755 165% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.125136457337 0.0831039109588 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.113470947826 0.0758088955206 150% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.243780210083 0.150359130593 162% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.119205076383 0.0667264976115 179% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 14.1392134831 92% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 48.8420337079 120% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.72 12.1639044944 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.84 8.38706741573 93% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 100.480337079 65% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => 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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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.