Self-knowledge is the ability of an indvidual to be introspective of themselves. Some people believe that for a person to be self-aware, he/she will have to be conscious of their actions as it relates to others, while others are of the opinion that being self-conscious stems from the ability to discern ones action, especially the unusual habits. However, I believe that for a person to be truly conscious of themself, they will consider different aspect of their lives, particularly the usual habits and compare it with those of others.
First, to scrutinize ones action in order to determine if they are propitious or not, one will have to compare with what others are doing. For instance, the citizens of a nation would not know if their nation id propspering or not if they don't compare it with other countries. Using Nigeria as a case study,citizens who are do not have knowledge of how foreign countries are prospering will beleive that Nigeria is developing because they will only be comparing the development with that of the previous governments. Of course, this reasoning is flawed because they are only accepting what is know to them as the basis of their reasoning. However, a citizen that knows how other countries are faring will know that Nigeria is lagging behind. Hence, it is imperative to accept the unfamiliar to enable a body know exactly where it stands.
Furthermore, being accustomed to a way of life or belief can obviate a person's thinking into believing that his or her way is the best. Like the saying,"one man's custom, is another man's taboo". For example, before the early 19th century, killing of twins in Calabar was considered a norm, until Mary Sclessor campaigned against it and proved that twins were not an omen and subsequently, stopped the killing of twins. The people of Calabar had a flawed knowledge of twins, and if they had not rejected what was considered a norm, they would not have known that killing of twins was equivalent to killing two innocent children.
In conclusion, it is important to be self-conscious of the norm but in order to be knowledgeable about the pros and cons of the norm, it should be compared with the reasoning of another group with open-mind.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: one's
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Suggestion: one's
... those of others. First, to scrutinize ones action in order to determine if they ar...
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Suggestion: don't
...ir nation id propspering or not if they dont compare it with other countries. Using ...
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Suggestion: , citizens
...countries. Using Nigeria as a case study,citizens who are do not have knowledge of how fo...
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Suggestion: who is a are
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Suggestion: done
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Suggestion: known
...because they are only accepting what is know to them as the basis of their reasoning...
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... or her way is the best. Like the saying,'one mans custom, is another mans taboo&...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, so, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, of course
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 33.0505617978 115% => OK
Preposition: 55.0 58.6224719101 94% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 12.9106741573 15% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1850.0 2235.4752809 83% => OK
No of words: 378.0 442.535393258 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.89417989418 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.40933352052 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.90338341054 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 187.0 215.323595506 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.494708994709 0.4932671777 100% => OK
syllable_count: 580.5 704.065955056 82% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 20.2370786517 69% => 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: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.2855477853 60.3974514979 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.142857143 118.986275619 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0 23.4991977007 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.64285714286 5.21951772744 146% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 7.80617977528 102% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0961871393235 0.243740707755 39% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0346003581318 0.0831039109588 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.048884114936 0.0758088955206 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0605258515779 0.150359130593 40% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0237266749659 0.0667264976115 36% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 14.1392134831 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 48.8420337079 108% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 12.1743820225 103% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.38 12.1639044944 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.78 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 100.480337079 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => 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: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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