Describe a food that is important to your country's sense of identity. Explain how this food contributes to your country's "food culture."
Use specific examples and details to support your answer.
Rice is China's sense of identity.
Foods lie at the heart of every culture. Without food, no one can survive, both physically and spiritually. As a Chinese, rice is the food that has the most profound impact on our culture and sense of identity, as I shall discuss below.
Before the Industrial Revolution, rice is a type of crop that requires a high density of labor. Thus, it is not surprising that rice has become the symbol of hard work in Chinese culture. China is a country with a large population, and these people are not evenly distributed. Therefore, intensive farming serves as a solution to populated areas, and rice is the ideal staple in these regions. No matter the weather, farmers need to take care of the crops every day. They work with blood and sweat, and the rice is the proof of their hard work.
On the surface, rice does not seem remarkable. Hence, rice is also a symbol of modesty. When cooked, it becomes white and round, and it will yield a pleasant smell. However, compared with other foods such as meat and fish, rice is not as eye-catching due to its lack of splendid colors, shapes, or flavors. Nevertheless, Chinese people tend to have rice in every meal since it can mediate the different flavors. Rice plays an indispensable role in our meals, but we may not notice it when enjoying the meal. Consequently, we often relate rice to modesty, a virtue most admired in Chinese culture.
Rice also has another defining characteristic, which is the symbol of unity. Nowadays, with the advent of technology, rice has increasingly lost its hard-working feature due to the demise of labor-intense production. Also, with the emergence of foreign cuisines, the indispensable role of rice has significantly diminished. However, its symbol of unity has become more crucial than ever. These days, plenty of young people leave their hometowns in pursuit of work in big cities. Chinese New Year is the time when all of the family members must come together and enjoy a meal called "reunion dinner," which is a traditional Chinese meal with lots of delicious dishes and lots of rice. This meal will take a long time for family members to chat with each other and relish in the rare moment of reunion.
Although the world has changed a lot during the past decades, as a Chinese, I truly believe that the spirit of rice will always live in my heart and soul. Rice is China's sense of identity.
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Suggestion: all the
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Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, hence, however, if, may, nevertheless, so, therefore, thus, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 15.1003584229 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 9.8082437276 92% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 13.8261648746 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.0286738351 82% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 43.0788530466 60% => OK
Preposition: 57.0 52.1666666667 109% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.0752688172 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1980.0 1977.66487455 100% => OK
No of words: 415.0 407.700716846 102% => OK
Chars per words: 4.77108433735 4.8611393121 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.51348521516 4.48103885553 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68566513418 2.67179642975 101% => OK
Unique words: 224.0 212.727598566 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.539759036145 0.524837075471 103% => OK
syllable_count: 635.4 618.680645161 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.59856630824 83% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.51792114695 171% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.86738351254 321% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.94265232975 101% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.6003584229 121% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 20.1344086022 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.8614400141 48.9658058833 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 79.2 100.406767564 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.6 20.6045352989 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.68 5.45110844103 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.85842293907 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.88709677419 225% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.131596243075 0.236089414692 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0427366145133 0.076458572812 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0498228795248 0.0737576698707 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0908733865827 0.150856017488 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0585959841433 0.0645574589148 91% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.3 11.7677419355 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 58.1214874552 110% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 10.1575268817 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.09 10.9000537634 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.01818996416 100% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 86.8835125448 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.002688172 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.0537634409 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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