The way a message is delivered is often more important than the message itself.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
'Impact matters more than intent' is a common adage that suggests that the way in which an action is perceived or carried out is more important than the intent behind it. The given prompt takes the position that the delivery of a message has more significance than the message itself. In my opinion, I agree with the statement to a certain extent, considering the 'importance' mentioned is with respect to what gains public attention and understanding. There are some situations where the opposite might be true as well; this is another avenue to be explored when evaluating this claim. When taking a position on the prompt's validity, there are three things that must be considered.
When a message is delivered in a charismatic and, perhaps, sugarcoated way, people are likely to further believe the speaker delivering the message. Common people are very susceptible to speakers' tones, and the whole spectacle of their delivery. Consider political rallies, such as that of Donald Trump: At these rallies, Trump does not spend the entire time explaining political agenda and delivering 'messages' in a direct manner. Instead, he takes time to do crowdwork, to get the public involved and riled up. Irrespective of political stance, it is easy to appreciate Trump's skill as an orator. There are times when he speaks fast, and there are times when he goes slow: This shows what points are more important, or what needs time to sink in to the crowd, and gets a message out better than if one were to monotonically go over a list of arguments. His supporters are further emboldened, and understand what topics Trump cares about more; even if a crowd were not composed of his supporters, it would be easy for them to deduce what his message is, and what things he considers more important, based on his emphasis. Hence, Trump is a clear example in favour of the prompt, demonstrating how the method of delivery can be more important in delivering a message to people, as opposed to just, say, the plaintext form of the message.
Another thing to consider is that, for some idea to truly be transferred from a speaker to a listener, vocal tone or additional presentation skills could add entire dimensions to their argument. When speaking of importance in terms of how well a message gets embedded into the minds of a certain target audience, just a sequence of words is not always enough. If a health minister during a public health emergency (say, due to a pandemic) uses statistics and graphs to explain a situation visually to the public, it has a significantly higher chance of being understood. In countries where such messages were not clearly explained in the heights of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was not uncommon for people to be ambivalent about the situation, not fully understanding the gravity of the situation. Words, by themselves, are not always sufficient to get across a point; if additional ways of representing or displaying information are used, it may help a speaker in getting their point across.
However, there may be cases where a message is more important than the mode of delivery. Consider the case of the earthquake warning system that is currently in place in Japan. It gets to the point directly, explaining which prefectures are in danger, and to what degree. In situations like these where the message is urgent and there is no time for dilly-dallying, the method of delivery is less important. No matter how the information is spread, its gravity remains close to the intended tone. Hence, the prompt may not always be true; the contents of the message may eclipse any aspects of its mode of delivery.
In conclusion, there are no easy answers with respect to taking a stance on the given prompt. Messages are complex, and their representation may or may not play a role in how well they are understood and grasped. Hence, in most situations, when there is no immediate sense of urgency, for messages that are simply intended to get an idea across, as opposed to a disaster warning, the way in which a message is delivered is more important than the message itself.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 614, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'prompts'' or 'prompt's'?
Suggestion: prompts'; prompt's
...is claim. When taking a position on the prompts validity, there are three things that m...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 412, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a direct manner" with adverb for "direct"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...olitical agenda and delivering messages in a direct manner. Instead, he takes time to do crowdwork...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 524, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[4]
Message: The adverb 'always' is usually put after the verb 'be'.
Suggestion: be always
...ntended tone. Hence, the prompt may not always be true; the contents of the message may e...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
hence, however, if, may, so, well, another thing, in conclusion, speaking of, such as, in my opinion, with respect to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 49.0 19.5258426966 251% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 11.3162921348 194% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 96.0 58.6224719101 164% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 12.9106741573 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3402.0 2235.4752809 152% => OK
No of words: 699.0 442.535393258 158% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.8669527897 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.14184870769 4.55969084622 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.78802194522 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 320.0 215.323595506 149% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.457796852647 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1086.3 704.065955056 154% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 9.0 3.10617977528 290% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.7730767318 60.3974514979 96% => OK
Chars per sentence: 126.0 118.986275619 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.8888888889 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.33333333333 5.21951772744 83% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
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: 0.238699638969 0.243740707755 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0688246087411 0.0831039109588 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.068854442377 0.0758088955206 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.157771897261 0.150359130593 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0668965036966 0.0667264976115 100% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 14.1392134831 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.26 12.1639044944 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.36 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 154.0 100.480337079 153% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 614, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'prompts'' or 'prompt's'?
Suggestion: prompts'; prompt's
...is claim. When taking a position on the prompts validity, there are three things that m...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 412, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a direct manner" with adverb for "direct"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...olitical agenda and delivering messages in a direct manner. Instead, he takes time to do crowdwork...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 524, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[4]
Message: The adverb 'always' is usually put after the verb 'be'.
Suggestion: be always
...ntended tone. Hence, the prompt may not always be true; the contents of the message may e...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
hence, however, if, may, so, well, another thing, in conclusion, speaking of, such as, in my opinion, with respect to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 49.0 19.5258426966 251% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 11.3162921348 194% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 96.0 58.6224719101 164% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 12.9106741573 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3402.0 2235.4752809 152% => OK
No of words: 699.0 442.535393258 158% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.8669527897 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.14184870769 4.55969084622 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.78802194522 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 320.0 215.323595506 149% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.457796852647 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1086.3 704.065955056 154% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 9.0 3.10617977528 290% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.7730767318 60.3974514979 96% => OK
Chars per sentence: 126.0 118.986275619 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.8888888889 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.33333333333 5.21951772744 83% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
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: 0.238699638969 0.243740707755 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0688246087411 0.0831039109588 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.068854442377 0.0758088955206 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.157771897261 0.150359130593 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0668965036966 0.0667264976115 100% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 14.1392134831 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.26 12.1639044944 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.36 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 154.0 100.480337079 153% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.