The best test of an argument is the argument's ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
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.
To get agreement from the people who support one’s idea is not difficult since they have a kind of affective commitment and many overlooked statements. However, when facing with a person who hold a opposite view, a man is always alert and tends to catch every thing that seems disputable, sometime it will even evolve into a kind of prejudice. If there is any hole, the opponent will spare no effort to attack it. Only get everything prepared, can an argument stand the test. Thus if someone want to convince others in the opposite position, he will face to contradictions based on a wide range of different evidence, so he needs to prepare more evidence and gives a more overall and more convincing statement to overcome the affective disturbance and the bias of his opposite.
However, convincing the opponent is not always the purposes of an argument so that we can not judge the argument only by the ability to convincing dissenters. it is just a requirement based on the position of opponent that the author try to convinced, and does not means that the argument is satisfying enough in all situation. Some times an good argument is to make more people agree with the author, maybe opponent or just those neutral. Besides, since different people may face different circumstances, one man's trash is another man's treasure. For example, raising taxes on the rich to boost spending on poverty is a good thing for the poor, but persuading the rich to do so is next to impossible. It is reasonable to judge it by how much it can persuade the middle class.
Another reason contradicting the argument is that opponents’ attitudes are likely impacted by other subjective factors such as the pressure of their colleagues or the shame of not willing to admit mistakes. Abandon a former view and get to the opposite of one’s previous camp is always not easy emotionally, because it may means that one will be the enemy of his former friends , which may lead to a kind of lonely and helpless. And it is awkward for most people to admit their precious views are not right, since mistakes may make people seems stupid in a way. Just imagine a person who has argued his point of view until he is red in the face, he may have to say something opposite to his former assertion, refuting his firm allegation as people he had scorned, how embarrassing it is. Take all of this in to consideration it is not objective enough to evaluate an argument by what degree can it convince it’s opposing view holder.
An argument's ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint may reflect the level of the argument to some extent, but it is not proper to test it all by this.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...ver, when facing with a person who hold a opposite view, a man is always alert an...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...epared, can an argument stand the test. Thus if someone want to convince others in t...
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Line 1, column 493, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'someone' must be used with a third-person verb: 'wants'.
Suggestion: wants
...rgument stand the test. Thus if someone want to convince others in the opposite posi...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
...y the ability to convincing dissenters. it is just a requirement based on the posi...
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Line 3, column 266, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[3]
Message: The verb 'does' requires base form of the verb: 'mean'
Suggestion: mean
...e author try to convinced, and does not means that the argument is satisfying enough ...
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Line 3, column 290, Rule ID: PROGRESSIVE_VERBS[1]
Message: This verb is normally not used in the progressive form. Try a simple form instead.
...d, and does not means that the argument is satisfying enough in all situation. Some times an ...
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Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
...ing enough in all situation. Some times an good argument is to make more people ag...
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Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
... will be the enemy of his former friends , which may lead to a kind of lonely and ...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'arguments'' or 'argument's'?
Suggestion: arguments'; argument's
...vince it’s opposing view holder. An arguments ability to convince someone with an opp...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
besides, but, however, if, look, may, so, thus, for example, kind of, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 14.8657303371 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 67.0 58.6224719101 114% => OK
Nominalization: 21.0 12.9106741573 163% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2206.0 2235.4752809 99% => OK
No of words: 470.0 442.535393258 106% => OK
Chars per words: 4.69361702128 5.05705443957 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.65612321451 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69173076451 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 232.0 215.323595506 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.493617021277 0.4932671777 100% => OK
syllable_count: 720.9 704.065955056 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 20.2370786517 84% => 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: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 60.860439364 60.3974514979 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 129.764705882 118.986275619 109% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.6470588235 23.4991977007 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.52941176471 5.21951772744 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 9.0 7.80617977528 115% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.217281867939 0.243740707755 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0770305165367 0.0831039109588 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0945650658117 0.0758088955206 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.177458818919 0.150359130593 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.117421725762 0.0667264976115 176% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 14.1392134831 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 48.8420337079 108% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 12.1743820225 103% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.22 12.1639044944 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.1 8.38706741573 97% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 100.480337079 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
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.