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.
The persuasiveness of an argument is often used as regarded as the measure of the quality of an argument, as it is believed the by most that a good argument is the one which can make people forebear their entrenched belief, adopting a new one, while it is often refuted by some as can be seen from past experiences, many spurious arguments have made a rapid shift in paradigm. While I agree that a weaker, and sometimes deceitful, arguments have been able to change people's thinking, I believe that while testing for the strength of an argument, its ability to influence people often comes in handy, the reason for which explored further in the impending paragraphs.
The art of rhetoric is the inherent characteristic of any argument, as the believability of an argument is what draws the audience. As can be seen through the cogent speakers of olden times, while in any argument people have preferred to speak elusiveness to strengthen their side of an argument, which have often provoked people into action. The famous speech "I have a dream", by Martin Luther King Jr. is often considered as the apogee for any argument ever made, which is held to this standard for its ability persuade a mass to fight against the systemic racism in America. The arguments he made to insitigate the fight, and ignite the the fire among people who's feeling of hostility was once latent, was what makes these arguments the ones people haven't forgotten till this date. While the reason for them surviving this test of time, and still being revered is his ability to convenience the people who had made their peace with the racism to change their mind and march for their freedom.
In addition to that, most of these can be see in politics, where a even a single word blurted out from a political leader often polarizes opinions, racing havoc around the globe. This power of changing people's mind by their simple arguments is what makes these people, what they are, as an argument such strong comes with the powers to bring change.
In the meantime, human beings being as gullible as they are, can often be duped into adopting dogmatism, and spurious belief quite easily. The "Ponzi-schemes" can be taken as a good example of how people can easily be persuaded by a simple skullduggery if we can reach for their weaknesses. Thus, an argument's strength can not be completely defined by its persuasiveness.
To conclude, I believe that the ability of an argument to change people's belief is a great measure for determining its strength, but this method cannot be considered ubiquitous, as seen throus various incidents in the past when people have been persuaded by trickery.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 299, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experiences'.
Suggestion: experiences
...ten refuted by some as can be seen from past experiences, many spurious arguments have made a ra...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 335, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...t, which have often provoked people into action. The famous speech 'I have a...
^^
Line 3, column 649, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...ade to insitigate the fight, and ignite the the fire among people whos feeling of hosti...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 649, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...ade to insitigate the fight, and ignite the the fire among people whos feeling of hosti...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 675, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: who's
...t, and ignite the the fire among people whos feeling of hostility was once latent, w...
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Line 3, column 765, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: haven't
...t makes these arguments the ones people havent forgotten till this date. While the rea...
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Line 3, column 823, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ill this date. While the reason for them surviving this test of time, and still b...
^^
Line 5, column 66, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
... of these can be see in politics, where a even a single word blurted out from a ...
^
Line 5, column 105, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... a even a single word blurted out from a political leader often polarizes opinion...
^^
Line 7, column 311, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'arguments'' or 'argument's'?
Suggestion: arguments'; argument's
...an reach for their weaknesses. Thus, an arguments strength can not be completely defined ...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, so, still, then, thus, while, in addition
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.5258426966 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 14.8657303371 40% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 57.0 58.6224719101 97% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2233.0 2235.4752809 100% => OK
No of words: 457.0 442.535393258 103% => OK
Chars per words: 4.88621444201 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.62358717085 4.55969084622 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80429564132 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 221.0 215.323595506 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.483588621444 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 711.0 704.065955056 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 9.0 3.10617977528 290% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 20.2370786517 64% => 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: 35.0 23.0359550562 152% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 74.0275016863 60.3974514979 123% => OK
Chars per sentence: 171.769230769 118.986275619 144% => OK
Words per sentence: 35.1538461538 23.4991977007 150% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.84615384615 5.21951772744 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 7.80617977528 128% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 10.2758426966 39% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.200675236112 0.243740707755 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0915757278309 0.0831039109588 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0584346932866 0.0758088955206 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.123450238986 0.150359130593 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0668833624613 0.0667264976115 100% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.2 14.1392134831 136% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.95 48.8420337079 74% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.9 12.1743820225 139% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.67 12.1639044944 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.86 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 101.0 100.480337079 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 27.5 11.8971910112 231% => Linsear_write_formula is high.
gunning_fog: 16.0 11.2143820225 143% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 299, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experiences'.
Suggestion: experiences
...ten refuted by some as can be seen from past experiences, many spurious arguments have made a ra...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 335, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...t, which have often provoked people into action. The famous speech 'I have a...
^^
Line 3, column 649, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...ade to insitigate the fight, and ignite the the fire among people whos feeling of hosti...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 649, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...ade to insitigate the fight, and ignite the the fire among people whos feeling of hosti...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 675, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: who's
...t, and ignite the the fire among people whos feeling of hostility was once latent, w...
^^^^
Line 3, column 765, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: haven't
...t makes these arguments the ones people havent forgotten till this date. While the rea...
^^^^^^
Line 3, column 823, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ill this date. While the reason for them surviving this test of time, and still b...
^^
Line 5, column 66, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
... of these can be see in politics, where a even a single word blurted out from a ...
^
Line 5, column 105, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... a even a single word blurted out from a political leader often polarizes opinion...
^^
Line 7, column 311, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'arguments'' or 'argument's'?
Suggestion: arguments'; argument's
...an reach for their weaknesses. Thus, an arguments strength can not be completely defined ...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, so, still, then, thus, while, in addition
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.5258426966 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 14.8657303371 40% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 57.0 58.6224719101 97% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2233.0 2235.4752809 100% => OK
No of words: 457.0 442.535393258 103% => OK
Chars per words: 4.88621444201 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.62358717085 4.55969084622 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80429564132 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 221.0 215.323595506 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.483588621444 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 711.0 704.065955056 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 9.0 3.10617977528 290% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 20.2370786517 64% => 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: 35.0 23.0359550562 152% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 74.0275016863 60.3974514979 123% => OK
Chars per sentence: 171.769230769 118.986275619 144% => OK
Words per sentence: 35.1538461538 23.4991977007 150% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.84615384615 5.21951772744 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 7.80617977528 128% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 10.2758426966 39% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.200675236112 0.243740707755 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0915757278309 0.0831039109588 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0584346932866 0.0758088955206 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.123450238986 0.150359130593 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0668833624613 0.0667264976115 100% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.2 14.1392134831 136% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.95 48.8420337079 74% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.9 12.1743820225 139% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.67 12.1639044944 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.86 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 101.0 100.480337079 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 27.5 11.8971910112 231% => Linsear_write_formula is high.
gunning_fog: 16.0 11.2143820225 143% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.