Everyone has different opinions and ideas regarding a particular matter, so persuading others with different perspectives is difficult to accomplish. The author asserts that convincing someone with a conflicting view is the best indicator of an argument. However, I cannot entirely agree with the statement because other possible measures exist to evaluate an argument.
Admittedly, in some cases, the author's assertion that the best test of an argument is to convince others with contrasting viewpoints may hold true. Since reaching a consensus with individuals having different opinions is a difficult task, making others follow one person's argument should be considered a significant achievement. Take Susan B. Anthony, for example. In the early 20th century, women were not eligible to vote. With her aim to achieve women's suffrage, she infringed upon the New York law and participated in the election. At first, she received severe criticism from the government, but she later successfully convinced the U.S. government, providing women equal, fundamental rights to vote. Later, the government issued the 19th amendment, which banned citizens from being denied the right to vote based on sex. Accordingly, based on the above example, the author's claim that the best test of an argument is to persuade people with disparate perspectives seems plausible to some degree.
However, persuading individuals with contrasting views is not the best criterion for an argument. People could rather be allured to other perspectives and resort to different viewpoints. In this case, they could not maintain the value of their idea. To Ilustre this point, George Orwell's highly acclaimed novel 1984 is a compelling instance. The government, Big Brother, dominates the entire society and brainwashes its people by revising historical facts. In this society, individual expression is hampered because the government is too powerful to collapse. Winston Smith, the protagonist, aimed to reveal the government's corruption, so he tried to convince other citizens to join his movement. However, at the end of the plot, he not only failed to win over the government but also complied with the government. Eventually, he could not discover the true value of liberty. This example demonstrated that the attempt to convince others might easily make people vulnerable to plunging into the other side's argument. Hence, persuading one person with an opposing viewpoint is not the best test of an argument.
Furthermore, although convincing someone with a contrasting viewpoint may be a strength of an argument, it does not mean that the strategy of persuasion is the best test of an argument. Instead of convincing opponents, attracting supporters and followers who already adhere to one's viewpoint could be a successful tactic of an argument. For example, when the Britain authority colonized India, Mahatma Gandhi, a prominent leader, carried out non-violent movements against British rule. The most representative case would be the Salt March in which he set out, on foot, on a journey with his hundreds of followers for 23 days. Although he was not able to immediately convince the British authority to cease their unfair practices, many people were impressed by watching his peaceful demonstration. He ultimately could gather the support of many Indians in fighting against injustice, and his ability to attract many followers is the better test of the argument. As seen in this example, it is somewhat credible to state that persuading other people with opposing views is not the primary factor in apprising an argument.
In conclusion, all things considered, the ability of an argument to convince its opponents is indicative of its strength. Still, it cannot be considered the best criterion for evaluating the argument. People should make extraordinary efforts to impress their supporters to increase the argument's effectiveness.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...ent. Admittedly, in some cases, the authors assertion that the best test of an argu...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'governments'' or 'government's'?
Suggestion: governments'; government's
...h, the protagonist, aimed to reveal the governments corruption, so he tried to convince oth...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'sides'' or 'side's'?
Suggestion: sides'; side's
...e vulnerable to plunging into the other sides argument. Hence, persuading one person ...
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Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...ers and followers who already adhere to ones viewpoint could be a successful tactic ...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'arguments'' or 'argument's'?
Suggestion: arguments'; argument's
...mpress their supporters to increase the arguments effectiveness.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, but, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, regarding, so, still, well, for example, in conclusion, in some cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 14.8657303371 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 87.0 58.6224719101 148% => OK
Nominalization: 30.0 12.9106741573 232% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3320.0 2235.4752809 149% => OK
No of words: 609.0 442.535393258 138% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.45155993432 5.05705443957 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.96768813016 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99283506045 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 314.0 215.323595506 146% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.515599343186 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 1022.4 704.065955056 145% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 13.0 4.38483146067 296% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 33.0 20.2370786517 163% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.9136061654 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.606060606 118.986275619 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.4545454545 23.4991977007 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.18181818182 5.21951772744 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.2758426966 175% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.49860622003 0.243740707755 205% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.130143532321 0.0831039109588 157% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.16864398952 0.0758088955206 222% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.314930539258 0.150359130593 209% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.051779776894 0.0667264976115 78% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 14.1392134831 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.33 12.1639044944 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.07 8.38706741573 108% => OK
difficult_words: 175.0 100.480337079 174% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 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.