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 argument reaches the conclusion that the ancient life-size Kalinese sculptures will decrease in value, and that the miniatures will become more valuable. This conclusion has been made on the premise that the clay statues were made using molds of actual bodies, and that sculpting tools were not used for this. The collectors, in their argument, also state that the discovery of the molds would explain why few Kalinese sculpting tools have been found. However, in reaching their conclusion, the collectors fail to answer three questions.
First, were the molds of human bodies provably used for making statues, and not for purposes other than art? It may be the case that the molds were used in some kind of ritual, or that the material with which the molds were made had healing properties, and functioned as a kind of ‘mask’ to heal disease. It may be the case that none of the molds found correspond to any of the discovered statues, and evidence that may arise in this regard would break the argument down. Only if the answer to the above posed question is ‘yes,’ can the argument’s conclusion be plausibly valid, and the value of the statues would possibly decrease.
Second, are there other reasons for very few Kalinese sculpting tools being discovered? It is a possibility that Kalinese Civilization had a small population of artists. Even if there were many Kalinese artists, it may be possible that most of their sculpting tools wore off easily and decomposed, due to their age. It could be that the tools that were discovered were of much higher quality, and owned by only a handful of the civilization’s most skilled sculptors. If this is proven by further evidence, then it may not alter the argument’s final conclusion, but greatly affects the other statements made within it. A related question that would need answering is: What if miniature statues that were, perhaps, made using molds degraded more quickly than the ones discovered by collectors due to wear and tear? If it is proven that there are many more undiscovered miniature pieces that used molds, or technique similar to that of the human-sized pieces, then it renders the argument invalid.
Third, are the value of the life-size and miniature sculptures as strongly tied to their methods of creation as the collectors seem to claim? It may be possible that there is a group of collectors willing to pay large amounts of money for a life-size Kalinese piece; making art using molds may not inherently decrease the value of the art. The collectors’ argument fails to establish that there is no other possibility of the value of the life-size pieces going up. Perhaps, the life-size pieces are found to have valuable gems embedded within them, set in place with great skill by Kalinese artists. Also, what if the reason the reason for the sculptures’ abstractness is a result of the effects of time? If evidence arises to prove that the sculptures were once very detailed and intricate, and were of high value to the Kalinese, then it may be possible that the collectors of today have a commensurate interest in those pieces, and are thus willing to pay more. This general willingness to pay more among collectors would greatly increase the value of the mold-forged pieces.
In conclusion, the argument, as it stands now, fails to address the questions posed above. In doing so, it makes multiple unstated assumptions, with no substantiative evidence provided to solidify its claims. Collectors should consider solidifying evidence about even the aspects of Kalinese art that they seem to know; there are many possibilities when discovering ancient art, since time changes things by quite a lot in the aeons that have passed since the art’s creation.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 616, Rule ID: PHRASE_REPETITION[1]
Message: This phrase is duplicated. You should probably leave only 'the reason'.
Suggestion: the reason
...kill by Kalinese artists. Also, what if the reason the reason for the sculptures’ abstractness is a r...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, second, so, then, third, thus, in conclusion, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 35.0 19.6327345309 178% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 19.0 12.9520958084 147% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 11.1786427146 143% => OK
Relative clauses : 26.0 13.6137724551 191% => OK
Pronoun: 51.0 28.8173652695 177% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 75.0 55.5748502994 135% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 16.3942115768 104% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3138.0 2260.96107784 139% => OK
No of words: 626.0 441.139720559 142% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.01277955272 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.00199880112 4.56307096286 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71483919339 2.78398813304 98% => OK
Unique words: 274.0 204.123752495 134% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.437699680511 0.468620217663 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 973.8 705.55239521 138% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 4.96107784431 181% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.76447105788 80% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 2.70958083832 221% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 12.0 1.67365269461 717% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.22255489022 142% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 19.7664670659 126% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 22.8473053892 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.982230044 57.8364921388 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.52 119.503703932 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.04 23.324526521 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.56 5.70786347227 62% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.25449101796 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.88822355289 116% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.67664670659 171% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.221971810642 0.218282227539 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0643081831545 0.0743258471296 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.038570798145 0.0701772020484 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.13321213783 0.128457276422 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0224049261942 0.0628817314937 36% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.7 14.3799401198 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.3550499002 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.197005988 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.5979740519 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.05 8.32208582834 97% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 98.500998004 128% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.1389221557 108% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.9071856287 109% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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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.
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.0 out of 6
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 8 2
No. of Sentences: 25 15
No. of Words: 626 350
No. of Characters: 3030 1500
No. of Different Words: 255 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 5.002 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.84 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.583 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 189 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 157 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 117 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 69 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 25.04 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.879 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.68 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.315 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.509 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.1 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 616, Rule ID: PHRASE_REPETITION[1]
Message: This phrase is duplicated. You should probably leave only 'the reason'.
Suggestion: the reason
...kill by Kalinese artists. Also, what if the reason the reason for the sculptures’ abstractness is a r...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, second, so, then, third, thus, in conclusion, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 35.0 19.6327345309 178% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 19.0 12.9520958084 147% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 11.1786427146 143% => OK
Relative clauses : 26.0 13.6137724551 191% => OK
Pronoun: 51.0 28.8173652695 177% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 75.0 55.5748502994 135% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 16.3942115768 104% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3138.0 2260.96107784 139% => OK
No of words: 626.0 441.139720559 142% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.01277955272 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.00199880112 4.56307096286 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71483919339 2.78398813304 98% => OK
Unique words: 274.0 204.123752495 134% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.437699680511 0.468620217663 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 973.8 705.55239521 138% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 4.96107784431 181% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.76447105788 80% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 2.70958083832 221% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 12.0 1.67365269461 717% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.22255489022 142% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 19.7664670659 126% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 22.8473053892 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.982230044 57.8364921388 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.52 119.503703932 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.04 23.324526521 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.56 5.70786347227 62% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.25449101796 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.20758483034 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.88822355289 116% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.67664670659 171% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.221971810642 0.218282227539 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0643081831545 0.0743258471296 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.038570798145 0.0701772020484 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.13321213783 0.128457276422 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0224049261942 0.0628817314937 36% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.7 14.3799401198 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.3550499002 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.197005988 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.5979740519 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.05 8.32208582834 97% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 98.500998004 128% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.1389221557 108% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.9071856287 109% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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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.