Reading books keeps a person’s mind active, whereas watching films and television is passive and does not require a person to use their imagination.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

These days many books have been converted into movies and television series because more and more people prefer watching the adaptation of books rather than reading them. On one hand, it is more visually appealing to watch something. However, it creates a mind block as it stops people from using their own imagination. On the other hand, reading enables the mind to open up to infinite possibilities and simultaneously keeps the mind active. In my opinion, I definitely agree that reading books is much more beneficial than watching films and television.

To begin with, not only is reading good for your mind, but it is also a good habit to develop. Nowadays one does not need to carry a physical book and can practically read anytime and anywhere, due to the internet. Next, books can be very engaging, that they have power to transport you to another dimension. Moreover, the creative writing and descriptive nature of books are highly appreciated by many. For example, fiction books like "a song of ice and fire" and "Harry Porter" were greatly loved by many even though they were later adapted into a television series and movie respectively.

Conversely, watching television does more harm than good. Firstly, continuous exposure can be harmful to the brain as well as to the eyes. Television does not significantly contribute to mental development. In fact, it has some detrimental effects like causing a person to become dull or hampering vision. However, that is not the case with books. Secondly, a majority of films are made with the sole purpose of generating profits and for entertainment. Thus, little to no importance is given to the impact it will have on the minds of the audience.

In conclusion, I undoubtedly think books are absolutely vital. Reading is like an exercise for the mind whereas, television can be viewed for entertainment purpose.

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Average: 7.8 (1 vote)
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, conversely, first, firstly, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, thus, well, whereas, as to, for example, in conclusion, in fact, as well as, in my opinion, to begin with, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 7.85571142285 76% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 10.4138276553 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 3.0 7.30460921844 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 19.0 24.0651302605 79% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 41.998997996 93% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1584.0 1615.20841683 98% => OK
No of words: 311.0 315.596192385 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09324758842 5.12529762239 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.19942759058 4.20363070211 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88251784563 2.80592935109 103% => OK
Unique words: 186.0 176.041082164 106% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.59807073955 0.561755894193 106% => OK
syllable_count: 508.5 506.74238477 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 20.2975951904 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.9596665961 49.4020404114 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 83.3684210526 106.682146367 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.3684210526 20.7667163134 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.9473684211 7.06120827912 155% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 8.67935871743 150% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.284659975366 0.244688304435 116% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0739068815276 0.084324248473 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0389005538341 0.0667982634062 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.15138432809 0.151304729494 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0480311218485 0.056905535591 84% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.7 13.0946893788 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 50.2224549098 110% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.3001002004 84% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.95 12.4159519038 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.69 8.58950901804 101% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 78.4519038076 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.1190380762 83% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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