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In order to best understand the characteristics of a society, a careful inspection of it’s major cities should be conducted. Major cities are a gathering place for people from across the society to bring their culture and characteristics to share. They are a crossroad for many ideas and have the power to spread a certain aspect of the culture to become one of the most important characteristics of the society.

Major cities are the melting pot for the society, where cultural aspects from many different parts are mixed together. Therefore, by studying the major cities, one can have an overview of many different characteristics that define the society, which cannot be done outside of the cities, where only select characteristics are exhibited. For example, in America a trip to New York would be much more valuable in understanding America’s tendencies than studying a smaller town in upstate New York. In the city one can witness the ideas and culture brought in from not only the surrounding smaller towns, but also from towns from across the country and across the world, which represents Americas characteristic of being a multinational country.

Furthermore, major cities are major cultural hubs and set the trends that define the society. For instance, while blues, one of the most important American musical genres in the 20th century, originated and developed in the delta region of the American South, it was in Chicago and other migratory cities where blues blossomed into a cultural phenomeon. The musicians that came and shared their talents in Chicago where from across the South and Midwest and each brought their styles of play to share. Unlike rural Southern towns, Chicago had the power and affulency to broadcast the blues to the rest of country, sharing the culture the rural part of the country had to offer and pushing the culture forward. A small southern town would be unable to do this and therefore would be unable to reach the level of cultural importance to be considered one of the most important characteristics of the society.

While there are clear benefits to studying the major cities of a society, you can still argue that areas outside the city offer a more genuine experience to the everyday lives of the society and therefore will give you a more accurate understanding of the society itself. However, a review of ancient history reveals that the everyday life of a city dweller often comes to represent the society, rather than the people outside of the city. This is especially true since houses of power are most often seated in major cities and set the characteristics of a society. Rome is one of many examples, where a study of the major cities in the Roman Empire would provide a greater understanding of the important characteristics of the Roman Empire over the surrounding or intermediate communities between cities.

Overall while an investigation into areas outside the cities can provide insight into the lives of the members of a society, this insight is not representative of the society as a whole. It is at points where there is a seat of power or where there is a crossroad for exchange, where certain ideas or cultural aspects are pushed forward and come to define a society. Therefore an investigation into a society’s major cities is necessary in order to understand its major characteristics.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, however, if, so, still, therefore, well, while, for example, for instance

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 33.0505617978 57% => OK
Preposition: 87.0 58.6224719101 148% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2825.0 2235.4752809 126% => OK
No of words: 561.0 442.535393258 127% => OK
Chars per words: 5.03565062389 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.86676880123 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93845712347 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 225.0 215.323595506 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.401069518717 0.4932671777 81% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 927.9 704.065955056 132% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 29.0 23.0359550562 126% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 51.2015732965 60.3974514979 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 148.684210526 118.986275619 125% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.5263157895 23.4991977007 126% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.10526315789 5.21951772744 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 5.13820224719 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.209776757699 0.243740707755 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0748852790743 0.0831039109588 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0488916949155 0.0758088955206 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.130053325851 0.150359130593 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.044650672453 0.0667264976115 67% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.1 14.1392134831 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 33.58 48.8420337079 69% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.8 12.1743820225 130% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.54 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.03 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 105.0 100.480337079 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 11.2143820225 121% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => 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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