Write about the following topic:
Some people think that hosting an international sports event is good for the country, while some people think it is bad. Discuss both views and state your opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You should write at least 254 words.
There is a fierce competition between countries to host international sports events like the Olympics and the FIFA world cup as it provides multiple opportunities to boost the international reputation of countries. In spite of these tremendous benefits, some people opine that countries should prioritise other key issues that affect their citizens rather than spend on hosting international sport events. I shall discuss both views in the following paragraphs, and afterwards, provide my opinion.
On one hand, patriotism is increased amongst citizens as they become proud of their countries when they appear in news headlines. Leaders are offered the opportunities to present winning prizes to athletes at the end of the games. A famous example is the FIFA world cup that was hosted by Brazil in 2005 which made the country so popular that they appeared in every newspaper or television. Additionally, citizens are motivated to play these sports locally, thereby, building potential sportsmen who volunteer to play for their countries. This creates a pool from which countries pick their best players to represent them at these tournaments.
On the other hand, there are risks of significant security threats that arise from by-opponents and terrorists who attend these events. Hence, hosting countries spend a lot of money deploying military forces to enforce security and protect their citizens. For instance, in 2005, Brazil spent over 25 million dollars securing their country during the FIFA world cup. Supporters of this opinion argue that these funds should, instead, be deployed in feeding the hungry citizens.
In conclusion, although I understand that it is costly to host international sports events, I believe it is more advantageous to both hosting countries and attending countries as it breeds international friendship, peace, and unity.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
hence, if, so, for instance, in conclusion, in spite of, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 13.1623246493 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 7.85571142285 38% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 7.30460921844 164% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 24.0651302605 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 37.0 41.998997996 88% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.3376753507 36% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1577.0 1615.20841683 98% => OK
No of words: 287.0 315.596192385 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.49477351916 5.12529762239 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.11595363751 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.92836362635 2.80592935109 104% => OK
Unique words: 173.0 176.041082164 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.602787456446 0.561755894193 107% => OK
syllable_count: 465.3 506.74238477 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => 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: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.4716802326 49.4020404114 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.307692308 106.682146367 114% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.0769230769 20.7667163134 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.69230769231 7.06120827912 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.181060375164 0.244688304435 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0620121293471 0.084324248473 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0517400732819 0.0667982634062 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.119655655978 0.151304729494 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0665693976904 0.056905535591 117% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.5 13.0946893788 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 50.2224549098 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.56 12.4159519038 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.96 8.58950901804 104% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 78.4519038076 98% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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