Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific point made in the reading passage
The article claims that Greek used burning mirror to defend themselves from the roman army and the story of the burning mirror is just a myth. However, the lecture completely opposes the points made in the reading. The professor says that the claims are unconvincing and burning mirror wouldn't have impractical.
First, The passage states that ancient Greek had not technologically advanced and they can't make parabolic curvature. This point is challenged by the lecturer. She says that Greek didn't need to form burning mirror. An experiment showed that by arranging small polish mirror can make the burning mirror. Furthermore, Greek mathematician had knowledge about the material, by which they can make parabolic curvature.
Second, the reading posits that it takes a long time to set fire on the ship. The professor opposes this point by explaining that the experiment in the passage point out the wood and wood takes 10 minutes to catch fire. She further elaborates the point by saying that Roman ship is made of wood and that wood is attached together by the specific material called pitch. It is sticky substance and catches fire more quickly in seconds than wood. Once it sets fire, the whole ship will get fire.
Finally, The reading states that they had the flaming arrow and they don't need the burning mirrors. the lecture claims that burning mirror is much more effective than the flaming arrow. Further, Greek didn't use flaming arrow because the Roman claims that if they use the flaming arrow, then they should see the rays emit from it. However, the burning mirror doesn't emit rays.
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- Television advertising directed toward young children should not allowed. 70
- When teachers assign projects on which students must work together, the students learn much more effectively than when they are asked to work alone on projects. 60
- Populations of the yellow cedar, a species of tree that is common in northwestern North America, have been steadily declining for more than a century now, since about 1880. Scientists have advanced several hypotheses explain this decline. One hypothesis i 85
Grammar and spelling errors:
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...d not technologically advanced and they cant make parabolic curvature. This point is...
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...hallenged by the lecturer. She says that Greek didnt need to form burning mirror....
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...d by the lecturer. She says that Greek didnt need to form burning mirror. An experim...
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...hat they had the flaming arrow and they dont need the burning mirrors. the lecture c...
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...and they dont need the burning mirrors. the lecture claims that burning mirror is m...
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... than the flaming arrow. Further, Greek didnt use flaming arrow because the Roman cla...
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...it from it. However, the burning mirror doesnt emit rays.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, furthermore, however, if, second, so, then
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 22.412803532 120% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 21.0 30.3222958057 69% => 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: 1333.0 1373.03311258 97% => OK
No of words: 268.0 270.72406181 99% => OK
Chars per words: 4.97388059701 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.04607285448 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.37239205044 2.5805825403 92% => OK
Unique words: 135.0 145.348785872 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.503731343284 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 396.0 419.366225166 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.9939193927 49.2860985944 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 78.4117647059 110.228320801 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.7647058824 21.698381199 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.41176470588 7.06452816374 48% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 4.19205298013 191% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.27373068433 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.176801087563 0.272083759551 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0628346843875 0.0996497079465 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.078797087469 0.0662205650399 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0971246480142 0.162205337803 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0371203989827 0.0443174109184 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.9 13.3589403974 74% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 64.71 53.8541721854 120% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.0 11.0289183223 73% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.25 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.39 8.42419426049 88% => OK
difficult_words: 51.0 63.6247240618 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.498013245 76% => 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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