Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean.
The author of the argument concluded that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean without bringing enough evidence in support of his claim. He misses out on important shreds of evidence which can clarify the doubts regarding the origin of the baskets in Palea.
The author in starting of the argument stated that the Woven baskets found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people, but he failed to provide evidence in support of the fact that the Woven baskets were actually made by the Paleans or not. He didn't mention anything about where they made Paleans like in a workshop or any other place, how many workers they required, what style they follow. If the author provided such information in his argument that it will strenth his claim regarding the woven basket.
Moving ahead he wrote that archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. Again he missed providing the source and evidence that will prove what is he saying and leaves a grey area, which leads to the number question on the authentication on this argument like, how did these basket came to lithos, whether they were made in lithos or not, who were these archaeologists, whether they belong to the world's reputed organization or not. Such questions have made the argument weaken.
In the last, he gave some information regarding the river by mentioning that the Brim River is very deep and broad, and it could have crossed only by boat. And then he stated that there were no boats were found and thus concluded that the baskets were not uniquely Palean without providing any information about whether there was any other mode of transportation was their or not. He might have assumed that the only mode of transportation was through the river only between the two cities. Also, he didn't provide any evidence that proves his claims regarding the dept and the width of the river.
Therefore, we can conclude by saying that the argument is flawed and based on assumptions. There was no evidence provided in the argument which would have supported the facts stated in the argument.
- Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study. 66
- Nations should pass laws to preserve any remaining wilderness areas in their natural state, even if these areas could be developed for economic gain. 50
- governments should not fund any scientific research whose consequences are unclear. 70
- To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities. 58
- government must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive. 66
Comments
Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.5 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 14 15
No. of Words: 381 350
No. of Characters: 1813 1500
No. of Different Words: 172 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.418 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.759 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.463 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 124 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 85 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 56 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 28 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 27.214 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 15.377 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.5 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.388 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.633 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.246 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 341, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...actually made by the Paleans or not. He didnt mention anything about where they made ...
^^^^^
Line 3, column 432, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...s like in a workshop or any other place, how many workers they required, what sty...
^^
Line 3, column 490, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “If” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
... they required, what style they follow. If the author provided such information in...
^^
Line 5, column 59, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...ote that archaeologists discovered such a 'Palean' basket in Lithos, an...
^
Line 5, column 347, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this basket' or 'these baskets'?
Suggestion: this basket; these baskets
...tication on this argument like, how did these basket came to lithos, whether they were made ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 501, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...r only between the two cities. Also, he didnt provide any evidence that proves his cl...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, if, regarding, so, then, therefore, thus
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.6327345309 81% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.9520958084 54% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 11.1786427146 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 13.6137724551 125% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 28.8173652695 132% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 52.0 55.5748502994 94% => OK
Nominalization: 23.0 16.3942115768 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1867.0 2260.96107784 83% => OK
No of words: 379.0 441.139720559 86% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.92612137203 5.12650576532 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.41224685777 4.56307096286 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58108188469 2.78398813304 93% => OK
Unique words: 173.0 204.123752495 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.456464379947 0.468620217663 97% => OK
syllable_count: 584.1 705.55239521 83% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59920159681 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.96107784431 121% => OK
Article: 3.0 8.76447105788 34% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.70958083832 37% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.67365269461 179% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.22255489022 24% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 19.7664670659 71% => 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: 27.0 22.8473053892 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 86.6797118649 57.8364921388 150% => OK
Chars per sentence: 133.357142857 119.503703932 112% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0714285714 23.324526521 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.35714285714 5.70786347227 76% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 5.25449101796 114% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 8.20758483034 24% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 6.88822355289 116% => OK
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: 0.262721616522 0.218282227539 120% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0993438550929 0.0743258471296 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.130113663233 0.0701772020484 185% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.147723187395 0.128457276422 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.113209467137 0.0628817314937 180% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.3799401198 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 48.3550499002 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 12.197005988 103% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.61 12.5979740519 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.06 8.32208582834 97% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 98.500998004 75% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 18.0 12.3882235529 145% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.1389221557 115% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.9071856287 109% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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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.