The graph below shows relative price changes for fresh fruits and
vegetables, sugars and sweets, and carbonated drinks between 1978 and
2009.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,
and make comparisons where relevant.
The line graph illustrates changes in price of three different food product groups in the USA over the course of 30 years, starting form 1979. It also shows the overall trend of the consumer price index during this period.
Overall, it is obvious that the prices of all food product groups increased over the period of 30 years. Although those trends were similar in terms of general increase, only the increase in price for fresh fruits and vegetables was significantly higher than the rise in the consumer price index.
In 1979, the prices of all product groups stood at the same figure. Over the period shown, the consumer price index rose steadily from approximately 70 in 1979 to over 200 in 2009. Prices for sugar and sweets and carbonated drinks also experienced similar upward trends. However, those prices were consistently below the consumer price index after 1987. After some minor fluctuations, price for sugar and sweets reached its peak at exactly 200 in 2009, slightly higher than the final figure for carbonated drinks at roughly 150.
Prices for fresh fruits and vegetables varied more than other figures. The figure dropped to below the consumer price index, at only 80 in 1984. Prices rose sharply to about 340 in 2008 and finished at roughly 330 in 2009, after experiencing a gradual decline throughout the remainder of the period.
Comments
It is clear that the price…
It is clear that the price for the three food product sectors increased over the period shown, despite fluctuations. Only the increase in the prices for fresh fruits and vegetables was significantly higher than the rise in the general consumer price index.
In 1979, three food sectors had almost the same price. Over the period, the consumer price index rose steadily from around 60 in 1979 to over 200 in 2009. Prices for sugar and sweets and soft drinks showed similar trends. Although their prices also roses, they were consistently below the consumer price index after 1987. After some minor fluctuations, the number for sugar and sweets was 200 in 2009, higher than the final figure for carbonated drinks at 150.
Prices rose sharply for fresh fruits and vegetables, particularly after 1989. From the starting point of about 60, the same figure as other food groups, the prices reached the top of 330 at the end of the period
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, so
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 4.0 7.0 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 1.00243902439 0% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 6.8 88% => OK
Relative clauses : 1.0 3.15609756098 32% => OK
Pronoun: 7.0 5.60731707317 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 41.0 33.7804878049 121% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 3.97073170732 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1136.0 965.302439024 118% => OK
No of words: 227.0 196.424390244 116% => OK
Chars per words: 5.00440528634 4.92477711251 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.88156143495 3.73543355544 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.40434216837 2.65546596893 91% => OK
Unique words: 121.0 106.607317073 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.533039647577 0.547539520022 97% => OK
syllable_count: 330.3 283.868780488 116% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.45097560976 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 1.53170731707 196% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.33902439024 92% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.07073170732 280% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.482926829268 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 3.36585365854 149% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 8.94146341463 134% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 22.4926829268 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.4697848506 43.030603864 96% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.6666666667 112.824112599 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.9166666667 22.9334400587 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.75 5.23603664747 33% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 3.83414634146 104% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 1.69756097561 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 3.70975609756 135% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 1.13902439024 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.09268292683 171% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.176257408789 0.215688989381 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0780900808964 0.103423049105 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0465199735819 0.0843802449381 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.115448769687 0.15604864568 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0242753127383 0.0819641961636 30% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 13.2329268293 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 61.2550243902 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.51609756098 48% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 10.3012195122 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.72 11.4140731707 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.06136585366 99% => OK
difficult_words: 50.0 40.7170731707 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.4329268293 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.9970731707 84% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.0658536585 108% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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