The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper in Masontown:
“If we want to save money on municipal garbage disposal fees, we need to encourage our residents to recycle more. Late last year, our neighboring town, Hayesworth, passed a law requiring that all households recycle paper and glass, or pay a fine. Since that time, Hayesworth has seen its garbage disposal costs significantly decrease. If we implemented an advertising campaign encouraging our residents to recycle, Masontown would also save money on disposal of its waste.”
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.
While it is necessary to reduce money spent on garbage disposal in Masontown, an advertising campaign asking the citizens to recycle may not be a solution according to the argument put up by the author. The argument may well have merit but it fails to justify its assumptions and prove his argument. There are several reasons due to which his argument may be called rife with holes and assumptions.
Citing the example of Hayesworth, the author tries to prove his point but fails to do so in some aspect. The residents of Hayesworth were supposed to recycle paper and glass as stated by the law but their is no evidence that they actually followed the law. Therefore, the assumption of the author that the garbage disposal costs of Hayesworth reduced due to this law is wrong. Furthermore, the recycling at home may not be the only reason for the reduction in disposal costs. The possibility of the residents producing less waste could also lead to reduction in disposal costs. Thus, the author cannot rely on this example and presume that their will a reduction in disposal costs.
Additionally, the author assumes that the residents can be persuaded to recycle at home through an advertising campaign. In hayesworth, a severe action was taken by passing a law which would make the residents to follow it to a certain extent. On the other side, masontown citizens are believed to be agreeing to do the same on account of advertising. it must not be assumed to be a valid and reliable method to do so.
Building upon the implications that the cost of disposal would reduce by asking the residents to recycle at home the author does not justify his assumption here that the residents would be comfortable to do the same. The residents might not have sufficient time and also may not have sufficient method to perform recycling at home. The citation of the author that recycling of waste at home is going to reduce costs of disposal is illogical until the residents agree to do the same. also, the author must justify his point that a large number of people would be influenced by the campaign. if a mere few are influenced and agree to do the same, it will not create a lot of difference on the costs and the advertising will not be fruitful. so, the author must clarify his ideas and do more research otherwise his idea would likely convince few people.
In conclusion, the author's illogical argument is based on unsupported premises and unsubstantiated assumptions that render his conclusion invalid. if the author provides evidence and justifies his assumptions regarding the benefit of recycling at home and also form valid connections between the two towns, he can prove his point.
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Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 17 15
No. of Words: 463 350
No. of Characters: 2186 1500
No. of Different Words: 187 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.639 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.721 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.68 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 149 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 116 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 90 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 56 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 27.235 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 19.386 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.765 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.356 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.576 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.123 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 200, Rule ID: THEIR_IS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'there'?
Suggestion: there
...aper and glass as stated by the law but their is no evidence that they actually follo...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 299, Rule ID: PROGRESSIVE_VERBS[1]
Message: This verb is normally not used in the progressive form. Try a simple form instead.
...ide, masontown citizens are believed to be agreeing to do the same on account of advertisin...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 353, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
... do the same on account of advertising. it must not be assumed to be a valid and r...
^^
Line 7, column 484, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Also
...til the residents agree to do the same. also, the author must justify his point that...
^^^^
Line 7, column 529, Rule ID: LARGE_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, or simply use 'many' or 'numerous'
Suggestion: many; numerous
... the author must justify his point that a large number of people would be influenced by the campa...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 591, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...le would be influenced by the campaign. if a mere few are influenced and agree to ...
^^
Line 7, column 740, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: So
...d the advertising will not be fruitful. so, the author must clarify his ideas and ...
^^
Line 9, column 148, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: If
...ons that render his conclusion invalid. if the author provides evidence and justif...
^^
Line 9, column 324, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... between the two towns, he can prove his point.
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, furthermore, if, may, regarding, so, therefore, thus, well, while, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.6327345309 107% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 21.0 12.9520958084 162% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 11.1786427146 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 13.6137724551 81% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 28.8173652695 108% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 55.5748502994 119% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 16.3942115768 91% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2235.0 2260.96107784 99% => OK
No of words: 463.0 441.139720559 105% => OK
Chars per words: 4.82721382289 5.12650576532 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.63868890866 4.56307096286 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73845309252 2.78398813304 98% => OK
Unique words: 200.0 204.123752495 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.431965442765 0.468620217663 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 710.1 705.55239521 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 4.96107784431 60% => OK
Article: 15.0 8.76447105788 171% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.70958083832 111% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 19.7664670659 106% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 22.8473053892 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.6773639312 57.8364921388 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.428571429 119.503703932 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.0476190476 23.324526521 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.80952380952 5.70786347227 84% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 9.0 5.25449101796 171% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.20758483034 73% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 6.88822355289 145% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.67664670659 107% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.116521540976 0.218282227539 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0444487883836 0.0743258471296 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0438166172945 0.0701772020484 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0722018930956 0.128457276422 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0422971106412 0.0628817314937 67% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.3 14.3799401198 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.3550499002 119% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.197005988 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.73 12.5979740519 85% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.76 8.32208582834 93% => OK
difficult_words: 89.0 98.500998004 90% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.1389221557 97% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.9071856287 92% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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