TPO 10 Independent Writing TaskDo you agree or disagree with the following statement Playing computer games is a waste of time Children should not be allowed to play them Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer

At present days, various computer games have emerged in the market. A plenty of people hold the view that it is a waste of time to play computer games and children shouldn't be allowed play them.

I do not disagree that being obsessed with computer games are negative to individuals's physical and psychological/mental health.Nevertheless, games are good for adolescences in moderation. It is just a entertainment for people to relax themselves rather than a waste of time. In fact ,there are no differences between playing games and watching TV shows or go to the cinema. Nowadays, teenagers are under great pressure of school work,which make them feel stresses,confused or very upset. Therefore,they need some enjoyment to rid their of depressed sentiments. It is often said,"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Proper relaxation will make people work more efficiently and productively.

As to children,there more reason for them to play games. It is a trend that more and more types and styles game are emerging on the market .Their themes may be around culture,arts,history and so on , which can expand children's interest in these subject. They may reflect phenomenon of present society which can attract children's awareness and profound thinking. And many games are designed to be a auxiliary tool of study. For these reasons, computer games helps children's academic performance.

Furthermore, in the game world, children can associate with more friends, who are not limited to reality world. They can meet people from various ages,job,countries. The diversity of friends allows individuals to expand their mind and horizons. Meanwhile,Playing games improved children's socialization skills.

In a nutshell ,computer games should not be viewed as a things get people indulged nowadays.The waste of time usually is a bias of some people. In turn, games can bring more benefit to us rather than damages.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
furthermore, if, may, nevertheless, so, therefore, while, as to, in fact

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 15.1003584229 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 9.8082437276 102% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 13.8261648746 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.0286738351 63% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 21.0 43.0788530466 49% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 52.1666666667 71% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.0752688172 74% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1629.0 1977.66487455 82% => OK
No of words: 305.0 407.700716846 75% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.34098360656 4.8611393121 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17902490978 4.48103885553 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.42734435205 2.67179642975 128% => OK
Unique words: 179.0 212.727598566 84% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.586885245902 0.524837075471 112% => OK
syllable_count: 497.7 618.680645161 80% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.59856630824 83% => OK
Article: 3.0 3.08781362007 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.94265232975 101% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 20.1344086022 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.1575990528 48.9658058833 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.7368421053 100.406767564 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.0526315789 20.6045352989 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.78947368421 5.45110844103 70% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 20.0 5.5376344086 361% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 11.8709677419 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.85842293907 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.88709677419 61% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.279271457334 0.236089414692 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0901739330944 0.076458572812 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0834401267224 0.0737576698707 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.175579327171 0.150856017488 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0672115965948 0.0645574589148 104% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 11.7677419355 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 58.1214874552 95% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 10.1575268817 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.4 10.9000537634 123% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.73 8.01818996416 109% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 86.8835125448 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.002688172 85% => 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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We are expecting: No. of Words: 350 while No. of Different Words: 200

Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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