he following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
"Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a 500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employee—a small price to pay when you consider the benefits. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, to improve productivity, Acme should require all of our employees to take the Easy Read course."
The author of this argument asserts that participating all employees of a company in the Easy Read Speed-Reading can increase productivity. To justify the recommendation the author cites the following result. This Course helps other companies’ employees to read 500-pages report in only two hours. Therefore, these employees can absorb more information in a single workday. In addition, the cost of this course is $500 per employee, while it benefits outweigh expenses. Scrutiny each of these factors, however, reveals that none of them lend credible supports to this recommendation.
First, base on the fact this course was faithful in other companies, the author infers that it can be beneficial for other company. However, it is quite possible that company involves in different businesses, so the reading fast is not useful for all of them. Indeed, this course is beneficial for newspapers and magazines, while it would not be effective in electronic companies. Without considering this possible scenario, the author cannot justifiably conclude that the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course can be useful for other businesses.
Second, the author claims that reading fast equal understanding more in a short time. However, it is not necessarily the case. Different people can comprehend reports in different time, and it depends on their talent, their education, or even the report subject. The educated employee can grasp more information faster that other employee. In fact, this course was useful for other companies because they have more educated employees, while this scenario is different for others company.
In the third place, the serious of problems of this argument arises from the scant statistical information. The author asserts that the cost of this course is low that its benefits, while we need more information about employees’ salary, company’s revenue. In fact, it is entirely possible that the expense a $500 per employee is costly for a small company that its totally revenue is $2000 per month. In short, since the argument relies on the limited information, I can not take the author’s final conclusion seriously.
Finally, the author mentions if all employees take part in this course, the company’s productivity will increase. Nevertheless, it is possible reading fast is not useful for plenty of employees because their job does not require reading reports. Hence, the company’s efficiency does not depend on reading fast reports, and spending money for it is not logically.
In sum up, the argument is logically flowed and therefore unconvincing as it stands. To strengthen the arguments must provide more information about company’s revenue, employees’ salary. In order to evaluate, it would better to know more about employees’ profiles.
- The following is a memorandum from the business manager of a television station."Over the past year, our late-night news program has devoted increased time to national news and less time to weather and local news. During this period, most of the complaint 70
- A gift (such as a camera, a soccer ball, or an animal) can contribute to a child`s development. What gift would you give to help a child develop? Why? Use reasons and specific examples to support your choice. 66
- Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and to disobey and resist unjust laws. 50
- Parents are the best teacher. Do you agree or disagree? 70
- When famous people such as actors, athletes and rock stars give their opinions, many people listen. Do you think we should pay attention to these opinions? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 75
Discourse Markers used:
['finally', 'first', 'hence', 'however', 'if', 'nevertheless', 'second', 'so', 'then', 'therefore', 'third', 'while', 'in addition', 'in fact', 'in short', 'in the third place']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.255238095238 0.25644967241 100% => OK
Verbs: 0.112380952381 0.15541462614 72% => OK
Adjectives: 0.104761904762 0.0836205057962 125% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0590476190476 0.0520304965353 113% => OK
Pronouns: 0.04 0.0272364105082 147% => Less pronouns wanted. Try not to use 'you, I, they, he...' as the subject of a sentence
Prepositions: 0.127619047619 0.125424944231 102% => OK
Participles: 0.0152380952381 0.0416121511921 37% => Some participles wanted.
Conjunctions: 3.12105173289 2.79052419416 112% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0114285714286 0.026700313972 43% => Some infinitives wanted.
Particles: 0.0 0.001811407834 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.0990476190476 0.113004496875 88% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0228571428571 0.0255425247493 89% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00190476190476 0.0127820249294 15% => Some subClauses wanted starting by 'Which, Who, What, Whom, Whose.....'
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2817.0 2731.13054187 103% => OK
No of words: 434.0 446.07635468 97% => OK
Chars per words: 6.49078341014 6.12365571057 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.56428161445 4.57801047555 100% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.423963133641 0.378187486979 112% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.329493087558 0.287650121315 115% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.255760368664 0.208842608468 122% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.165898617512 0.135150697306 123% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.12105173289 2.79052419416 112% => OK
Unique words: 211.0 207.018472906 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.486175115207 0.469332199767 104% => OK
Word variations: 54.1202952422 52.1807786196 104% => OK
How many sentences: 25.0 20.039408867 125% => OK
Sentence length: 17.36 23.2022227129 75% => OK
Sentence length SD: 29.3820625552 57.7814097925 51% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.68 141.986410481 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.36 23.2022227129 75% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.64 0.724660767414 88% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.14285714286 117% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 3.58251231527 0% => OK
Readability: 50.3093087558 51.9672348444 97% => OK
Elegance: 1.88288288288 1.8405768891 102% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.40109749243 0.441005458295 91% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.119639269824 0.135418324435 88% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0990337115388 0.0829849096947 119% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.525968338241 0.58762219726 90% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.119656462786 0.147661913831 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.16068104758 0.193483328276 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0769392300128 0.0970749176394 79% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.369589095736 0.42659136922 87% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0873253454233 0.0774707102158 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.265679091853 0.312017818177 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0617535780556 0.0698173142475 88% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 8.33743842365 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 6.87684729064 102% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.82512315271 104% => OK
Positive topic words: 12.0 6.46551724138 186% => OK
Negative topic words: 7.0 5.36822660099 130% => OK
Neutral topic words: 4.0 2.82389162562 142% => OK
Total topic words: 23.0 14.657635468 157% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6 -- The score is based on the average performance of 20,000 argument essays. This e-grader is not smart enough to check on arguments.
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