The reading and the lecture are both about the purpose of the stone jars, which was scattered in the so-called Plain of Jars in a country Laos. While the passage lists three theories to explain the reasons for the stone jars, the professor in the lecture challenges all of the theories. He thinks it is still a mystery.
Firstly, the reading asserts those stone jars were used for fermentation. Professor casts doubt on the argument. He continues to say that although laws in that time did allow people to use jars made of clay and stone, stone jars were pretty difficult to make. It's a time-consuming and money-consuming work. So the lecurer thinks people would use clay container for fermentation.
Secondly, the reading contains that, since there were rainy and dry seasons in Laos, the jars were used to collect water in rainy days and provides water to travelers in dry days. Unfortunately, the lecturer points out that there was a river near the Plain of Jars site. As a result, traders can get water from the river, rather than from the jars.
At last, based on the valued objects found in the site, the reading holds an opinion that the jars were used for tombs. Nevertheless, the teacher states there should be covers over the jars to protect the remains and the invaluable jewelry, if the Plain of Jars was an burial site. In fact, researchers have not found the covers.
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- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Human activity is making the earth a worse place to live Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 76
- TOEFL integrated writing communal online encyclopedia
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- TPO59 Integrate The Plain of Jars is an archaeological site in the Southeast Asian country of Laos At the site hundreds of large stone jars ranging in size from one to three meters are scattered across the countryside These numerous large containers are a 68
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 267, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...the professor in the lecture challenges all of the theories. He thinks it is still a myste...
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Line 3, column 261, Rule ID: IT_IS[17]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: It's; It is
...one jars were pretty difficult to make. Its a time-consuming and money-consuming wo...
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Line 7, column 267, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
...uable jewelry, if the Plain of Jars was an burial site. In fact, researchers have ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, firstly, if, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, still, while, in fact, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 10.0 22.412803532 45% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => 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: 1148.0 1373.03311258 84% => OK
No of words: 242.0 270.72406181 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.74380165289 5.08290768461 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.94415379849 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.51061539724 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 135.0 145.348785872 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.557851239669 0.540411800872 103% => OK
syllable_count: 342.9 419.366225166 82% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.25165562914 320% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => 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: 48.0709509635 49.2860985944 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 82.0 110.228320801 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.2857142857 21.698381199 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.42857142857 7.06452816374 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.421293986967 0.272083759551 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.128751860006 0.0996497079465 129% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0864819872939 0.0662205650399 131% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.244241560115 0.162205337803 151% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0690750467613 0.0443174109184 156% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.5 13.3589403974 71% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 71.14 53.8541721854 132% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.6 11.0289183223 69% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.92 12.2367328918 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.61 8.42419426049 90% => OK
difficult_words: 48.0 63.6247240618 75% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => 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: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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