Some people believe that in the sixth century, a man named Brendan the Navigator traveled from Ireland to become the first European to arrive in North America. While the reading supports this view, the lecturer does not.
The reading begins by saying that references in stories about Brendan’s trip correspond to places on islands that he would have traveled to on his journey, including the Faroe Islands and Iceland. The lecturer contends that the descriptions are general enough that they could refer to other places. For example, the stories mention an island of sheep, but that could be one of many places and not just the Faroe Islands. The lecturer concedes that a “burning hill” could refer to Iceland’s volcanoes, but points out that it could also refer to a totally different place where residents lit fires. In other words, the stories are not specific enough to confirm the details of the trip.
The second piece of evidence offered by the reading is the fact that researchers made a model of a boat using sixth-century Irish building techniques and successfully sailed the boat to North America. This evidence is greatly weakened by the lecturer’s explanation that the boat was not an exact replica. Since the boat was longer and had more sails than boats used during Brendan’s time, it might perform differently on a long voyage. That line of reasoning would have been stronger if the boat were one that actually might have existed then.
The third point mentioned in the reading is the presence of carved markings on thhe stones in North America. These markings could possibly be ogham symbols, or ancient writing left by Brendan’s group. The lecturer discounts this possibility because only some of the markings look like the ogham alphabet; other markings were images such as the sun, hands or trees that the Irish did not use in writing. With that in mind, it is more likely that Native Americans, who were known to carve such images on stones, made the lines in question.
To sum up, the lecturer casts doubt on all the arguments given in the reading passage for why Brendan was the first European to travel to North America.
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- Brendan the Navigator was an Irish priest who lived in the 6th century He is most famous for embarking on a voyage in search of the mythical Island of the Blessed The details of Brendan s voyage recorded as stories in old manuscripts suggest to some that 83
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 291, Rule ID: EXACT_REPLICA[1]
Message: Use simply 'replica'
Suggestion: replica
...’s explanation that the boat was not an exact replica. Since the boat was longer and had more...
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Line 7, column 125, Rule ID: MAY_COULD_POSSIBLY[1]
Message: Use simply 'could'.
Suggestion: could
...stones in North America. These markings could possibly be ogham symbols, or ancient writing le...
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Line 7, column 255, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...discounts this possibility because only some of the markings look like the ogham alphabet; ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, if, look, second, so, then, third, while, for example, such as, in other words, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 30.3222958057 162% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1807.0 1373.03311258 132% => OK
No of words: 366.0 270.72406181 135% => OK
Chars per words: 4.93715846995 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.37391431897 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.46417340236 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 199.0 145.348785872 137% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.543715846995 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 547.2 419.366225166 130% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.552495153 49.2860985944 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.9375 110.228320801 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.875 21.698381199 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.3125 7.06452816374 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.27373068433 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.145195221806 0.272083759551 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0464718297103 0.0996497079465 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0399080382168 0.0662205650399 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0768156253844 0.162205337803 47% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0192845631268 0.0443174109184 44% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 53.8541721854 107% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.67 12.2367328918 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.27 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 63.6247240618 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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