The Plain of Jars is an archaeological site in the Southeast Asian country of Laos. At the site, hundreds of large stone jars, ranging in size from one to three meters, are scattered across the countryside These numerous large containers are around 2,000 years old. The original purpose of the jars is unknown, but archaeologists have several theories.
First； the jars may have been used for fermentation. In fermentation, food or drink is left in a sealed container in order to undergo a chemical change According to some local residents, the jars were originally constructed by a king in order to ferment a special beverage to celebrate a great victory It would be possible to use the jars for fermentation, so the local people's story could be true.
Second, the jars may have been used for water storage. Laos experiences rainy and dry seasons, and finding water during the dry seasons can be difficult. The Plain of Jars is located near ancient trade routes, where traveling traders may have needed drinking water. The jars could have been constructed to collect water during the rainy season so that traders passing through the area would have a source of drinking water during the dry seas on.
Third, it is possible that the Plain of Jars was an ancient burial site, and the jars were tombs (places where human remains are deposited). Much of the contents of the ancient jars is now gone, but they are large enough to hold human remains. Furthermore, artifacts such as metal tools, jewelry, and glass beads have been found in some of the jars. Burying the dead alongside valuable artifacts was a common practice in ancient cultures. Ancient people may have buried their dead in the jars along with the artifacts
According to the passage, the plain Jars in southeast Asia were used for some purpose. In contrast, as the professor explained in the lecture, the Jars are still quite mysterious, and we are uncertain about their purpose. the explanations that the professor said have come below.
First, the jars may have been used for fermentation? It is not true; Although the Jars could be used for fermentation, saying frankly the fermentation by them is very difficult, expensive, and the question is, why the ancient people must use them for fermentation and do much effort while they could use other ways to fermentation easily.
Second, the Jars may have been used for water storage, because they are located near to the trade routes and could be used by traders who were passing from there? It is not convincing, because the trade routes were also near to the rivers, so the traders could get fresh water and they did not need the Jars for water.
Third, the Plain of Jars was an ancient burial site, and the Jars were tombs? It is not true; If the Jars were used to bury humans, they must have covers because without covering them, the humans remain could not be preserved. As we know, the Jars are not covered so, they could not be used for burial.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, frankly, if, may, second, so, still, third, while, in contrast
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 10.4613686534 201% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 5.04856512141 218% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 2.0 12.0772626932 17% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 15.0 22.412803532 67% => OK
Preposition: 15.0 30.3222958057 49% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1026.0 1373.03311258 75% => OK
No of words: 221.0 270.72406181 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.64253393665 5.08290768461 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.85565412703 4.04702891845 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.38614751539 2.5805825403 92% => OK
Unique words: 112.0 145.348785872 77% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.506787330317 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 312.3 419.366225166 74% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 1.25165562914 479% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => 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: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 66.873686903 49.2860985944 136% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.6 110.228320801 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.1 21.698381199 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.5 7.06452816374 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.113261672951 0.272083759551 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0658424604448 0.0996497079465 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0616837679838 0.0662205650399 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0795056648015 0.162205337803 49% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.038104425735 0.0443174109184 86% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 13.3589403974 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 66.07 53.8541721854 123% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.63 12.2367328918 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.59 8.42419426049 90% => OK
difficult_words: 40.0 63.6247240618 63% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => 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: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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