The speaker disputes the author's suggested theory that Chevalier's memoir about his life adventures was not accurate. She provides several reasons to cast doubt about the author's claims.
First, according to the text Chevalier was not a rich person because he borrowed money from a wealthy merchant to cover his debts. However, the lecturer finds this idea debatable. She believes that indeed Chevalier may have been a wealthy person because he had lots of properties which are worth lots of money, but he might have temporarily borrowed some money to cover his dues.
Second, the lecturer contradict the fallacy of the passage that since the memoir were written immediately after the conversation between Chevalier and Voltaire, it is highly unlikely that Chevalier was able to remember the details of the conversation and write them down. However, the lecturer disputes these claims. She contends that Chevalier was always writing notes about his conversations with rich and influential people and refer back to them. Thus, the noted memoir are indeed correct.
Finally, the author argues the Chevalier did not escape from prison in Italy. She believes that Chevalier had some contact with politicians who influenced his release. On the other hand, the lecturer argues that it is highly possible that Chevalier did escape. She contends that other prisoners had contact with more powerful politicians yet, they were not able to escape. Moreover, the prison's guards confirm the Italian government had to repair the ceiling right away after Chevalier's escape.
- TPO28 -Peary’s claim 81
- The world’s forests are facing increasing pressure which, if left unchecked, will threaten the health of many industries, economies, nations, and lives. The development of an international fund to help developing countries implement useful conservation 81
- Toward the end of his life, the Chevalier de Seingalt (1725−1798) wrote a long memoir recounting hislife and adventures. The Chevalier was a somewhat controversial figure, but since he met many famouspeople, including kings and writers, his memoir has b 78
- TPO 33: CARVED STONE BALLSReading:Carved stone balls are a curious type of artifact found at a number of locations in Scotland. They date from the late Neolithic period, around 4,000 years ago. They are round in shape; they were carved from several types 78
- TPO 33: CARVED STONE BALLSReading:Carved stone balls are a curious type of artifact found at a number of locations in Scotland. They date from the late Neolithic period, around 4,000 years ago. They are round in shape; they were carved from several types 73
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, may, moreover, second, so, thus, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 22.412803532 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1324.0 1373.03311258 96% => OK
No of words: 247.0 270.72406181 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.36032388664 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.96437052324 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52391404572 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 135.0 145.348785872 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.546558704453 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 404.1 419.366225166 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 60.5751767708 49.2860985944 123% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.5714285714 110.228320801 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.6428571429 21.698381199 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 7.06452816374 85% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.220023812997 0.272083759551 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0769506910008 0.0996497079465 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0653879154631 0.0662205650399 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.136579646246 0.162205337803 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0299705745758 0.0443174109184 68% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.51 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.8 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 52.0 63.6247240618 82% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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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.