“Collectors prize the ancient life-size clay statues of human figures made on Kali Island but have long wondered how Kalinese artists were able to depict bodies with such realistic precision. Since archaeologists have recently discovered molds of human heads and hands on Kali, we can now conclude that the ancient Kalinese artists used molds of actual bodies, not sculpting tools and techniques, to create these statues. This discovery explains why Kalinese miniature statues were abstract and entirely different in style: molds could be used only for life-size sculptures. It also explains why few ancient Kalinese sculpting tools have been found. In light of this discovery, collectors predict that the life-size sculptures will decrease in value while the miniatures increase in value.”
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the prediction and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the prediction.
The prediction by the collectors that the life-size sculptures will decrease in value and miniatures increase in value has no sufficient basis. Collectors predicted about the decrease in value of life-size sculptures after archaeologists recently discovered molds of human heads and after they concluded, Kalinese artists used molds of actual bodies and not sculpting tools and techniques. And due to this discovery, collectors also formed idea about the increase in value of miniature statues as they were abstract and unlike to life-sized sculptures.
First, it is wise to be reluctant to believe use of human molds can actually decrease the value of life-sized sculptures. Molds were used by artists since beginning of human civilization. We still have such valuable statues in our temples, churches, mosques and stupas. Such statues might have been molded using non-human molds but again molds were used. Unlike other ordinary artists, Kalinese artists used human molds which is a unique concept in itself and this fact does not degrade the value of the statues. Even today, contemporary artists use such technique of using molds. Only the difference is, today's artists have advanced scientific tools but ancient Kalinese artists had ever-ready primitive tools.
Furthermore, collectors' prediction was based on the fact that miniature technique was abstract and different in style. One cannot simply prove anything to be better just because it is different. We do not have any statistical facts that state such different art is better. Contrary to this argument, what psychologist today believe is, humans do not accept change easily. There is no where mentioned abstract arts developed using unique technique are better in any form.
So, to decide whether the prediction and argument made by collectors are reasonable we do not have sufficient evidence to prove if use of human molds are not good as use of other molds and we do not have any facts to prove abstract art is any better than ordinary, representational, arts.
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flaws:
it is out of topic.
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: ??? out of 6
Category: Poor Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 16 15
No. of Words: 323 350
No. of Characters: 1673 1500
No. of Different Words: 158 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.239 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.18 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.735 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 116 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 95 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 74 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 50 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 20.188 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.495 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.438 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.355 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.563 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.16 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 554, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ct and unlike to life-sized sculptures. First, it is wise to be reluctant to bel...
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Line 5, column 382, Rule ID: NOW[2]
Message: Did you mean 'now' (=at this moment) instead of 'no' (negation)?
Suggestion: now
...s do not accept change easily. There is no where mentioned abstract arts developed...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, furthermore, if, so, still
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.6327345309 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 12.9520958084 31% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 11.1786427146 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 13.6137724551 37% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 16.0 28.8173652695 56% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 55.5748502994 67% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 16.3942115768 49% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1716.0 2260.96107784 76% => OK
No of words: 323.0 441.139720559 73% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.31269349845 5.12650576532 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.23936324884 4.56307096286 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80621080497 2.78398813304 101% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 204.123752495 80% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.50773993808 0.468620217663 108% => OK
syllable_count: 550.8 705.55239521 78% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 4.96107784431 60% => OK
Article: 1.0 8.76447105788 11% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.70958083832 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.67365269461 60% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 19.7664670659 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 20.0 22.8473053892 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.5497448715 57.8364921388 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.25 119.503703932 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.1875 23.324526521 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.375 5.70786347227 59% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 5.15768463074 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 2.0 5.25449101796 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.20758483034 122% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 6.88822355289 29% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.67664670659 86% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.293481143048 0.218282227539 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105168246217 0.0743258471296 141% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0753645802799 0.0701772020484 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.172368297869 0.128457276422 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0849512778611 0.0628817314937 135% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.7 14.3799401198 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 48.3550499002 88% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.197005988 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.52 12.5979740519 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.44 8.32208582834 101% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 98.500998004 79% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 12.3882235529 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.1389221557 90% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.9071856287 118% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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