The Phoenicians
Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they oppose specific points made in the reading passage.
The article and lecture both are about whether Phoenicians have circumnavigated Africa. The author presents some compelling reasons to show that it is not a likely event. However, the lecturer believes that they were capable of completing this journey.
First, the article notes that the ships built by the Phoenicians were not designed for long journeys such as the one in question. These wooden ships were small with limited space for cargo and other equipment that can be used for navigation. However, the lecturer argues that these ships were sturdy and well-equipped. He explains this by saying that the wooden holes in ships were reinforced with metal plates to make them durable. On top of that, the Phoenicians were excellent at repairing and maintaining the boats.
Secondly, the author mentions that Phoenicians would have encountered some geographical obstacles such as the Cape of good hope in Africa which would have made this journey impossible to complete with given resources. The author challenges this claim as well. He explains that the Phoenicians were skilled sailors and experts in using stars and other natural landmarks for directions. Moreover, the trading ports that they made must have helped them to know the local geography and pattern of current in a better way.
Lastly, the author notes that there are no firm records or artifacts that can clearly prove that the Phoenicians indeed completed the journey. However, the lecturer points to indirect historical evidence supporting the completion. He mentioned ancient Egyptian drawings showing ships of Phoenicians completing their journey in Africa, and ancient Greek historians that refer to Phoenicians as completing this voyage successfully.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, lastly, moreover, second, secondly, so, well, such as, on top of that
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 24.0 30.3222958057 79% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1463.0 1373.03311258 107% => OK
No of words: 270.0 270.72406181 100% => OK
Chars per words: 5.41851851852 5.08290768461 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.05360046442 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75359597787 2.5805825403 107% => OK
Unique words: 153.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.566666666667 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 433.8 419.366225166 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.8961270292 49.2860985944 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.5333333333 110.228320801 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.0 21.698381199 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.93333333333 7.06452816374 84% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.151733329627 0.272083759551 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0513276561283 0.0996497079465 52% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0354922994349 0.0662205650399 54% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0924099350753 0.162205337803 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0217294565868 0.0443174109184 49% => 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: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.86 12.2367328918 113% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 63.6247240618 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => 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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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.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, lastly, moreover, second, secondly, so, well, such as, on top of that
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 24.0 30.3222958057 79% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1463.0 1373.03311258 107% => OK
No of words: 270.0 270.72406181 100% => OK
Chars per words: 5.41851851852 5.08290768461 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.05360046442 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75359597787 2.5805825403 107% => OK
Unique words: 153.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.566666666667 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 433.8 419.366225166 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.8961270292 49.2860985944 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.5333333333 110.228320801 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.0 21.698381199 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.93333333333 7.06452816374 84% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.151733329627 0.272083759551 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0513276561283 0.0996497079465 52% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0354922994349 0.0662205650399 54% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0924099350753 0.162205337803 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0217294565868 0.0443174109184 49% => 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: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.86 12.2367328918 113% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 63.6247240618 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => 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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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.