Claim: In any situation, the best way to persuade other people is to present them with facts and statistics rather than with emotional arguments.
Reason: Facts are objective, so they are more persuasive than subjective appeals.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
Often in our life, we are left either to persuade someone or in the condition to react to someone else's rationalization. In either case, the main factor to accept the argument is to get persuaded. I would have completely accepted the given claim if not for the addition of extremities by the word "any". Nevertheless, it sounds only logical to agree that the facts, because of their univeral validity, are the most reliable tools to persuade someone. Emotions on the other hand, are prone to manipulation and depends upon the presentation and premise.
Be it a scientific premise or a daily life argument, facts are undeniable if presented with suppporting evidence. Even if the person who is not too fond of us personally is compelled to accept the argument on the basis of presented facts. This is a very strong position in term of getting things done. It spares a person from the unnecessary sycophantic presentation, which can be very tiresome and even unethical sometimes. This makes the distinction between objective claims and subjective appeals very discernible.
The art of persuading is a very subtle form of winning someone over. The subject matter that is being discussed can vary from a common household chores to precise scientific calculation. Whatever the case be, the person making his case with proper facts gets a huge benefit of approval. For instance, the famous scientist Galileo is known for many instances in his life when he tried to articulate his findings and observations to scientific realm and general public. Often, many of those observations, despite their plausibility, were scorned off in lack of proper supporting facts. His presentations were short of facts at that time, which were admired by following generations of scientist once they were supported with proper findings and facts.
Admittedly, the emotions can be notoriously manipulated. The effect of tears and emotions in human decision making can not be completely ruled out in all cases. One of the most prominent example of emotional advantage in persuading is seen in case of politicians. While addressing a huge mass, it is not uncommon for political leaders to get off tract from facts and reality and manipulates itwith added emotional touches. Maybe, some talk of nationalism, or overly ambitous development projects that are not yet studied throughly could win over a huge mass with a few minutes despite a huge question on thier validity. Likewise, in an instance of a family discussion, a child can easily persuade his parents for something he wants with mild emotional touch, despite being no where near any kinds of facts or statistics.
To conclude, the claim is on point to emphasise the importance of facts in persuading other people. The facts indeed are objective and can not be altered. However, the standing with the emotional front could have been a little more linient, in a sense that, in some cases, the emotional aspect, because of its flexibility, can come in handy in persuading another person in some situation.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 115, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[2]
Message: “Even if” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...if presented with suppporting evidence. Even if the person who is not too fond of us pe...
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Line 5, column 146, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'chore'?
Suggestion: chore
...cussed can vary from a common household chores to precise scientific calculation. What...
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Line 5, column 453, Rule ID: GENERAL_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
...nd observations to scientific realm and general public. Often, many of those observations, des...
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Line 7, column 774, Rule ID: NOW[2]
Message: Did you mean 'now' (=at this moment) instead of 'no' (negation)?
Suggestion: now
...ith mild emotional touch, despite being no where near any kinds of facts or statis...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
however, if, likewise, may, nevertheless, so, while, for instance, in fact, in all cases, in some cases, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 29.0 19.5258426966 149% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 33.0505617978 82% => OK
Preposition: 80.0 58.6224719101 136% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2556.0 2235.4752809 114% => OK
No of words: 500.0 442.535393258 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.112 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.72870804502 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95526648545 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 271.0 215.323595506 126% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.542 0.4932671777 110% => OK
syllable_count: 826.2 704.065955056 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 12.0 4.99550561798 240% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.6175404861 60.3974514979 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.24 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0 23.4991977007 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.88 5.21951772744 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.219052269188 0.243740707755 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0604697221992 0.0831039109588 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0487591966899 0.0758088955206 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126133953401 0.150359130593 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0356186112976 0.0667264976115 53% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 14.1392134831 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 48.8420337079 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.36 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.86 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 134.0 100.480337079 133% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70.83 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.25 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.