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.
As kids, we all may have played the game Chinese Whispers where a message has to be passed on to the next child in line till it reaches the last one. The aim is to realize the disparity in the message the last child received and the original message and laugh to your hearts content. I agree with the notion that the way messages are delivered is more important the the content of the message.
First and foremost, a person's tone affects the message immensely. The same message conveyed in two different tones could have highly different impacts. A person red with rage may happen to convey a simple message intending no harm in a totally different way. The receiver may be offended by the same or start wondering what wrong he did in order to receive a 'shouting' as he feels it. Something as simple as raising your voice automatically adds audacity and an aura of anger. On the other hand a manager who has to force his employees to complete a project as a deadline is approaching may not sound strong enough if he conveys his order through sentence structures that do allow for strictness. 'I hope you can finish by Thursday' isn't quite the same as 'I require the work done by Thursday, no excuses'.
While the tone of an individual is extremely important, the body language, matters a great deal too. Eye contact, attire and involvement of hands as some of the factors that affect the way a message is delivered. For example, two students are asked to present on a certain topic individually the next day. While student one has deep knowledge of the topic, student two does not. However, the exhibit different body language. Student one is timorous and is unable to deliver is content in a good flow, she cannot maintain eye contact and has her hands folded in front of her. The audience eventually loses interest and stops following her. Student two on the other hand has less developed content but manages to keep the audience intrigued by maintaining eye contact, involving hands during explanation and pacing through the class. Albeit student one's knowledge on the field, she couldn't make use of the advantage as she couldn't convey her message in an effective way.
Finally, the form of delivery of a message impacts the reception of it too. An opponent may say this is irrelevant as most messages that are objective are not influenced by the means that they are conveyed by. However that is not the case because different form of communication focus on different ideas. Videos, text messages, e-mails, broadcast on TV, newspapers and even music are forms of delivery of a message and each has a different purpose. Videos may have a far more direct impact over say broadcast text messages as the audience can connect with them easily. Likewise, a text message directed to someone can have more individualized focus over songs.
To sum up, there are more reasons to elucidate how the delivery of a message is often more important than the content itself as compared to vice-versa. However, one must always remember that this is a debatable topic and there can be circumstances where the reasoning may not apply.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 363, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...essages are delivered is more important the the content of the message. First and fo...
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Line 1, column 363, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...essages are delivered is more important the the content of the message. First and fo...
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Line 3, column 364, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
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Line 5, column 150, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...act, attire and involvement of hands as some of the factors that affect the way a message i...
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Line 5, column 967, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in an effective way" with adverb for "effective"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...as she couldn't convey her message in an effective way. Finally, the form of delivery of a ...
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Line 7, column 211, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...by the means that they are conveyed by. However that is not the case because different ...
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Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'finally', 'first', 'however', 'if', 'likewise', 'may', 'so', 'while', 'as to', 'for example', 'to sum up', 'on the other hand']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.240063593005 0.240241500013 100% => OK
Verbs: 0.162162162162 0.157235817809 103% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0699523052464 0.0880659088768 79% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0508744038156 0.0497285424764 102% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0413354531002 0.0444667217837 93% => OK
Prepositions: 0.10492845787 0.12292977631 85% => OK
Participles: 0.0397456279809 0.0406280797675 98% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.80564843173 2.79330140395 100% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0238473767886 0.030933414821 77% => OK
Particles: 0.00158982511924 0.0016655270985 95% => OK
Determiners: 0.116057233704 0.0997080785238 116% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0222575516693 0.0249443105267 89% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0127186009539 0.0148568991511 86% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 3188.0 2732.02544248 117% => OK
No of words: 543.0 452.878318584 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.87108655617 6.0361032391 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82725184711 4.58838876751 105% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.349907918969 0.366273622748 96% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.28729281768 0.280924506359 102% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.19152854512 0.200843997647 95% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.1197053407 0.132149295362 91% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80564843173 2.79330140395 100% => OK
Unique words: 279.0 219.290929204 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.513812154696 0.48968727796 105% => OK
Word variations: 62.6448944099 55.4138127331 113% => OK
How many sentences: 27.0 20.6194690265 131% => OK
Sentence length: 20.1111111111 23.380412469 86% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.847279327 59.4972553346 65% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.074074074 141.124799967 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.1111111111 23.380412469 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.481481481481 0.674092028746 71% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.94800884956 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 5.21349557522 115% => OK
Readability: 48.8403928791 51.4728631049 95% => OK
Elegance: 1.5125 1.64882698954 92% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.484455940035 0.391690518653 124% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.104849718682 0.123202303941 85% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0830437040154 0.077325440228 107% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.479684226445 0.547984918172 88% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.152754446746 0.149214159877 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.172466156712 0.161403998019 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.106799831371 0.0892212321368 120% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.34845299215 0.385218514788 90% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0228682320146 0.0692045440612 33% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.332056448314 0.275328986314 121% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.109548771024 0.0653680567796 168% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.4325221239 125% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.30420353982 57% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.88274336283 225% => Less neutral sentences wanted.
Positive topic words: 9.0 7.22455752212 125% => OK
Negative topic words: 2.0 3.66592920354 55% => OK
Neutral topic words: 7.0 2.70907079646 258% => OK
Total topic words: 18.0 13.5995575221 132% => OK
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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 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 to cover all aspects.