In 1938 an archaeologist in Iraq acquired a set of clay jars that had been excavated two years earlier by villagers constructing a railroad line The vessel was about 2 200 years old Each clay jar contained a copper cylinder surrounding an iron rod The

The reading and the lecture are both about a clay jar that was found in 1938 believed to use as a battery for 2200 years ago. The author of the reading feels that it is not uses as a battery. However, this specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. She is of the opinion that a jar is used as a battery.

To begin with, the author argues that it is not used as a battery, because there are no metal wires.However, this specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. She claims that the vessels are used as a battery. Additionally, she says that the jars were found by the local people not the archaeologist. Hence, there might be metal wires found but the people thought it was not important so they might threw them away.

Secondly, the writer suggests that this jar is used as a hold scroll. In the article, it is said that, the copper cylinder looks like a jar found in Seleucia known as a holder of sacred text.The lecturer, however, rebuts this by mentioning that they use it holding scroll at the beginning, she elaborated this by bring up the point that, they began using it as battery, when they found out that the copper rod can be used for making electricity.

Finally, the author posits that there was no device that needed a battery before. Hence, it was useless for them. In contrast, the lecturer’s position is it was used as invisible power or magic. He notes that this was used as healing method as there was a tingling sensation when you put electricity is felt on our body.

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Average: 7.3 (2 votes)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: However
...ttery, because there are no metal wires.However, this specific argument is challenged b...
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Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: The
...leucia known as a holder of sacred text.The lecturer, however, rebuts this by menti...
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Line 7, column 265, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...s healing method as there was a tingling sensation when you put electricity is fe...
^^
Line 8, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...u put electricity is felt on our body.
^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, hence, however, if, look, second, secondly, so, in contrast, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 10.4613686534 220% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 22.412803532 183% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 22.0 30.3222958057 73% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1242.0 1373.03311258 90% => OK
No of words: 275.0 270.72406181 102% => OK
Chars per words: 4.51636363636 5.08290768461 89% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07223819929 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50533051547 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 135.0 145.348785872 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.490909090909 0.540411800872 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 387.9 419.366225166 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 3.25607064018 307% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 82.0408061732 49.2860985944 166% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.7142857143 110.228320801 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6428571429 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.28571428571 7.06452816374 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.120830584035 0.272083759551 44% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.04861684112 0.0996497079465 49% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0528199308567 0.0662205650399 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0821947846337 0.162205337803 51% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0399444790419 0.0443174109184 90% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.7 13.3589403974 73% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 69.11 53.8541721854 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.3 11.0289183223 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 8.94 12.2367328918 73% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.68 8.42419426049 91% => OK
difficult_words: 54.0 63.6247240618 85% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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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.

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 101, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: However
...ttery, because there are no metal wires.However, this specific argument is challenged b...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 192, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: The
...leucia known as a holder of sacred text.The lecturer, however, rebuts this by menti...
^^^
Line 7, column 265, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...s healing method as there was a tingling sensation when you put electricity is fe...
^^
Line 8, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...u put electricity is felt on our body.
^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, hence, however, if, look, second, secondly, so, in contrast, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 10.4613686534 220% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 22.412803532 183% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 22.0 30.3222958057 73% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1242.0 1373.03311258 90% => OK
No of words: 275.0 270.72406181 102% => OK
Chars per words: 4.51636363636 5.08290768461 89% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07223819929 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50533051547 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 135.0 145.348785872 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.490909090909 0.540411800872 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 387.9 419.366225166 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 3.25607064018 307% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 82.0408061732 49.2860985944 166% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.7142857143 110.228320801 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6428571429 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.28571428571 7.06452816374 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.120830584035 0.272083759551 44% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.04861684112 0.0996497079465 49% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0528199308567 0.0662205650399 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0821947846337 0.162205337803 51% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0399444790419 0.0443174109184 90% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.7 13.3589403974 73% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 69.11 53.8541721854 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.3 11.0289183223 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 8.94 12.2367328918 73% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.68 8.42419426049 91% => OK
difficult_words: 54.0 63.6247240618 85% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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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.