TPO-16 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The best way to travel is in a group led by a tour guide. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

The author claims that traveling in a group led by a tour guide is the best way of taking trips. I totally agree with this statement for two main reasons. First, a tour guide definitely knows the area very well and can help to make the most out of the trip. Second, presence of a tour guide and other people in the group is so reassuring. You do not need to worry about the probable accidents if you are traveling with a group.
To explain my first reason more vividly, I can tell that no matter where you are visiting and how much time you are spending, you will not be able to visit every single sightseeing there. According to this fact, you'd better visit places which are more exciting for you and do activities that are more fun. Traveling in a group is a good idea to reach the purpose. You can choose a traveling group according to your interests; for example, if you are looking for an adventurous trip, you may travel with a bunch of youth who are planning to camp in deserts, jungles, etc. Since they are guided by a leader, you can be hopeful to visit a very beautiful nature with high camping qualities. On the other hand, if you are searching for more of a relaxing trip, you should choose a group who has plans like visiting museums and so on. In this kind of trip, a tour guide can be even more helpful.
As I told above for my second reason, there is less to worry about in a trip led by a guide. For instance, if you are camping in a forest or a desert, there is a possibility of losing your way back. This will never happen in presence of a tour guide. There is also the possibility of getting lost in big cities. Imagine you are in a huge crowded city, let's say Manhattan for instance, and want to visit a museum. Visiting there with a group and a tour guide would be much easier. On the other hand, unpredictable accidents might happen during a trip. For example, injuries may occur during an adventurous trip like hiking, mountain climbing, etc. It is obvious that a tour guide who knows a medical center or some about the first aids can be very helpful.
In conclusion, it is much better to travel in a group with a tour guide than traveling by yourself because of two important reasons. First, since you have a leader who knows exactly what to do for having the best time, you will have a more efficient trip and be able to do all activities that are fun. Additionally, the presence of other people and the tour guide makes it easier to go through probable accidents.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: you'd
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, if, look, may, second, so, well, for example, for instance, in conclusion, kind of, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 26.0 15.1003584229 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 9.8082437276 153% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 13.8261648746 80% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.0286738351 100% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 43.0788530466 86% => OK
Preposition: 62.0 52.1666666667 119% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.0752688172 74% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2028.0 1977.66487455 103% => OK
No of words: 468.0 407.700716846 115% => OK
Chars per words: 4.33333333333 4.8611393121 89% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.65116196802 4.48103885553 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.38549596216 2.67179642975 89% => OK
Unique words: 203.0 212.727598566 95% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.433760683761 0.524837075471 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 646.2 618.680645161 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.51630824373 92% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 9.59856630824 125% => OK
Article: 4.0 3.08781362007 130% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.51792114695 171% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.94265232975 162% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.6003584229 117% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.1344086022 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.1535248211 48.9658058833 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.5 100.406767564 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.5 20.6045352989 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.75 5.45110844103 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.5376344086 18% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 19.0 11.8709677419 160% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.88709677419 20% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.229815333783 0.236089414692 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0777827917593 0.076458572812 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0587274122033 0.0737576698707 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.171287195986 0.150856017488 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0516109024912 0.0645574589148 80% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.7 11.7677419355 74% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 69.11 58.1214874552 119% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.3 10.1575268817 82% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 7.83 10.9000537634 72% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 6.74 8.01818996416 84% => OK
difficult_words: 64.0 86.8835125448 74% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.002688172 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.0537634409 95% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 10.247311828 78% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.

So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:

reasons == advantages or

reasons == disadvantages

for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.


Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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