As early as the twelfth century A D the settlements of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico in the American Southwest were notable for their great houses massive stone buildings that contain hundreds of rooms and often stand three or four stories high Archaeo

The passage and lecture were about the use of the Chaco houses. The passage argues that they were used for three reasons: as a residential center, as a storage for grains, and as a ceremonial center but the lecturer refutes these claims for the following reasons.

Firstly, the lecturer does not think the evidence provided is convincing enough to state that it was used for residential purposes. He says so because the interior configuration is not built large enough to support communities staying there for years. The kitchens in the great houses are not large enough, both in number and size to support their usage to make food for a large number of families. The largest one could support possibly 10 families as opposed to the number of rooms which were enough to house 100 families.

Secondly, the author states that it could have been a building to store grains but the lecturer states that further analysis showed no presence of leftover maize or containers that could have potentially stored maize, to support this claim

Thirdly, the author argues that the mound was solely a pile of old broken pots used to cook and serve food during ceremonies suggesting the house named Pueblo Alto's usage as a ceremonial center but fails to report that it contained other material as well. The lecturer brings to light that these other materials were unused construction material and waste suggesting that it could have just been a trash pile next to the house rather than something significant.

In conclusion, both the author and lecturer share opposing views on the utility of the great houses in the Chaco settlement.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 372, Rule ID: LARGE_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, or simply use 'many' or 'numerous'
Suggestion: many; numerous
...to support their usage to make food for a large number of families. The largest one could support...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, if, second, secondly, so, third, thirdly, well, in conclusion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 25.0 30.3222958057 82% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1358.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 274.0 270.72406181 101% => OK
Chars per words: 4.95620437956 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.0685311056 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49462099145 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 147.0 145.348785872 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.536496350365 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 421.2 419.366225166 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 13.0662251656 69% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 30.0 21.2450331126 141% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 119.82713887 49.2860985944 243% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 150.888888889 110.228320801 137% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.4444444444 21.698381199 140% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.11111111111 7.06452816374 129% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.141992366641 0.272083759551 52% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0662876232994 0.0996497079465 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0319226646971 0.0662205650399 48% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0808185936728 0.162205337803 50% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0349890893942 0.0443174109184 79% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.2 13.3589403974 129% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.49 53.8541721854 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.0289183223 125% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.08 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.41 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 57.0 63.6247240618 90% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.0 10.498013245 133% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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