Claim: The best test of an argument is its ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
Reason: Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting views of others does one really discover the value of that idea.
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.
What is the best measuring rod of the persuasive power of somebody, convincing the opposition or just listening to the argument of the opponents? While many critics - including the author of the above claim - might argue that ability to convince best measure the argument skills, for it helps to make out the value of the own and the opposition argument, it is an immature reply. Therefore, as far as I am concerned, I believe that there are several factors which measures the argumentative skills of one, one of them being the skill of convincing the opponents to boot.
To begin with, those critics who would argue that the best measuring rod of the persuasive power of somebody is the ability to convince even the opposition might prefer to further claim that with evidences and the example, a good argument should be able to convince the opposition too. However, there might be some situations where some adamant people don't get convinced by the facts as well. For example, during the Maoist conflict, some peoples were supporting even the brutal deeds of the army. Although it was wrong, they were doing so mainly due to emotional reason, that is, they had lost their relatives due to the brutal activities of Maoist militias. Therefore, the principle of human right, Geneva Conventions etc. did not convince them, for those sentimental causes. In this case, none could convinced them. Does this mean there was no any skilled argument? Of course there were skilled argument, yet the victim relatives were not convinced.
Now, lets find the another side of the dice that I adhere: there are several factors which measures the argumentative skills of one, one of them being the skill of convincing the opponents to boot. Mainly in the scientific realm, robust premises are required to convince the oppositions. Once, such evidences are presented, none can raise question without reasonable facts. Einstein, for example, made it clear that Newtonian mechanics is no longer valid in the scenario where particles moves at a speed exceeding the speed of light. He invalidated Newtonian mechanics in a special circumstance which we generally known as The Theory of Special Relativity. While formulating this theory, Einstein consulted with many scientists, who were both supporters and opponents. During these consultations, Einstein understood the value of own as well as others' argument. Finally, He convinced all based on his robust explanation.
Similarly, in some situations, some obdurate people don't even convince by the facts because of their personal reason. Some political cadres, for example, might not be convinced by the sound argument of the opponents owing to the political advantages they are getting from their party. In such context, some argument fails to convince, does not mean it is not a good argument.
Finally, at the end of the day, It is clear that the best test of argument is not only when someone becomes able to convince opponents: it is affected by several factors - like subject, situation, with whom you are arguing etc. In some sectors, such as science, people can be convinced and make understood the value of the argument with solid premises; to some people it is really difficult to make someone believe due to several causes, including emotional reason.
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Discourse Markers used:
['finally', 'however', 'if', 'really', 'similarly', 'so', 'therefore', 'well', 'while', 'for example', 'of course', 'such as', 'as well as', 'to begin with']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.224390243902 0.240241500013 93% => OK
Verbs: 0.152845528455 0.157235817809 97% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0861788617886 0.0880659088768 98% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0520325203252 0.0497285424764 105% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0422764227642 0.0444667217837 95% => OK
Prepositions: 0.112195121951 0.12292977631 91% => OK
Participles: 0.0422764227642 0.0406280797675 104% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.70960558963 2.79330140395 97% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0292682926829 0.030933414821 95% => OK
Particles: 0.00162601626016 0.0016655270985 98% => OK
Determiners: 0.120325203252 0.0997080785238 121% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0146341463415 0.0249443105267 59% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0178861788618 0.0148568991511 120% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 3307.0 2732.02544248 121% => OK
No of words: 544.0 452.878318584 120% => OK
Chars per words: 6.07904411765 6.0361032391 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82947280553 4.58838876751 105% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.354779411765 0.366273622748 97% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.294117647059 0.280924506359 105% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.224264705882 0.200843997647 112% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.152573529412 0.132149295362 115% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70960558963 2.79330140395 97% => OK
Unique words: 254.0 219.290929204 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.466911764706 0.48968727796 95% => OK
Word variations: 55.1851365953 55.4138127331 100% => OK
How many sentences: 25.0 20.6194690265 121% => OK
Sentence length: 21.76 23.380412469 93% => OK
Sentence length SD: 66.1776518169 59.4972553346 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.28 141.124799967 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.76 23.380412469 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.56 0.674092028746 83% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.94800884956 101% => OK
Language errors: 9.0 5.21349557522 173% => OK
Readability: 51.1717647059 51.4728631049 99% => OK
Elegance: 1.53289473684 1.64882698954 93% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.489672785937 0.391690518653 125% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.118935247361 0.123202303941 97% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0854841699632 0.077325440228 111% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.480647630032 0.547984918172 88% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.22357481822 0.149214159877 150% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.166522811246 0.161403998019 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.12417629019 0.0892212321368 139% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.454154285975 0.385218514788 118% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.111347405944 0.0692045440612 161% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.348376805509 0.275328986314 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0766954797756 0.0653680567796 117% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.4325221239 144% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.30420353982 151% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88274336283 41% => OK
Positive topic words: 9.0 7.22455752212 125% => OK
Negative topic words: 6.0 3.66592920354 164% => OK
Neutral topic words: 2.0 2.70907079646 74% => OK
Total topic words: 17.0 13.5995575221 125% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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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: This is not the final score. 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.