The reading and the lecture are both about the power of information. The author of the reading feels that there are three main points about how people collect information. The lecturer challenges the claims made by the author. He is of the opinion that these explanations are faulty.
To begin with, the author argues that residents get information about issues from broadcasts and television news, that very often could be with humor or political manipulations. The article mentions that this way can lead to misinformation and fact check can reveal the truth and enlighten false facts. This specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. He claims that facts do not necessarily have the power to change people’s minds. The lecturer tells that people seldom change their minds if they get a corrected fact. Additionally, he says that it makes the efficiency of fact checking doubtful.
Secondly, the writer suggests that having all information allows people to develop as an intelligent person. In the article, it is said that listening to opposing opinions plays a vital role because people are able to see the problem from all the sides. The lecturer, however, rebuts this by mentioning that people’s opinions are often based on their beliefs. He elaborates on this by bringing up the point that residents change facts in order to fit them to their beliefs. It makes them immune to new information and reinforces believes.
Finally, the author posits that accurate information plays an important role to make a decision. Moreover, he tells that men try to find the truth, because they are driven by instinct when they are scared. In contrast, the lecturer’s position is that when people feel fear, they don’t receive new information. He notes that as a result, people become vulnerable to be misinformed and they are easy to control. //304
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- Most people have forgotten the meaning behind traditional or religious festivals; during festival periods, people nowadays only want to enjoy themselves. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? 84
- Critics say that current voting systems used in the United States are inefficient and often lead to the inaccurate counting of votes. Miscounts can be especially damaging if an election is closely contested. Those critics would like the traditional system 80
- The internet has transformed lives and economies but it is turning the world into a global village. Soon everybody will think and behave in the same way. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? 78
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... that these explanations are faulty. To begin with, the author argues that re...
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...fficiency of fact checking doubtful. Secondly, the writer suggests that havin...
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...information and reinforces believes. Finally, the author posits that accurate...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, in contrast, as a result, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 22.412803532 178% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 35.0 30.3222958057 115% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1572.0 1373.03311258 114% => OK
No of words: 305.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15409836066 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17902490978 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82995836322 2.5805825403 110% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.550819672131 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 475.2 419.366225166 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 3.25607064018 338% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 31.0772427003 49.2860985944 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 82.7368421053 110.228320801 75% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.0526315789 21.698381199 74% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.15789473684 7.06452816374 73% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.189425386027 0.272083759551 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0559472424614 0.0996497079465 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.046538852191 0.0662205650399 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.113507631029 0.162205337803 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0334858492712 0.0443174109184 76% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.9 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.29 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.47 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 63.6247240618 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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