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
In the passage, the author concentrates on several reasons to explain the main aims of creating the Plain of Jars which is a historical site in Southeast Asia. However, the lecturer cast doubt on these arguments and respectively points out the problems with all author's assertions.
First of all, the passage states that those jars were used in fermentation processes. It mentions many local people claim that a king built them to make a special drink. The lecturer, however, highlighted the fact that clay containers normally were used for fermentation because stone jars are pricy. Moreover, making a stone jar is hard. Accordingly, the lecturer raises a question, ' why not clay jars'.
Furthermore, the passage indicates that probably they use them in order to store water for dry seasons. They utilized those jars to prepare water for travelers across the ancient trade route. Conversely, the lecturer brings up the fact that the archaeological site is close to the trade route, but it is close to a river as well. It seems unlikely they use them for gathering water considering the fact that are close to the river.
The last point discussed in the passage has to do with ancient burial applications. The passage concentrates on the size of jars which are pretty big to hold a human body, and also refers to the discovered artifacts in a few jars. The lecturer refutes this point and indicates that the jars do not have any cover. He says in the ancient era they buried dead people in something like a jar with their properties but covered them in order to protect human remains. However, in the Laos site, the jars do not have any cover.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, but, conversely, first, furthermore, however, if, moreover, so, well, as to, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 36.0 30.3222958057 119% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1364.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 283.0 270.72406181 105% => OK
Chars per words: 4.81978798587 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.10153676581 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64020266826 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 150.0 145.348785872 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.530035335689 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 428.4 419.366225166 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => 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: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.3784089219 49.2860985944 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.25 110.228320801 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.6875 21.698381199 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.75 7.06452816374 96% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.164090572116 0.272083759551 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0579095452885 0.0996497079465 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0536594440923 0.0662205650399 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0970660248113 0.162205337803 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0228730379156 0.0443174109184 52% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.1 13.3589403974 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.38 12.2367328918 85% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.77 8.42419426049 92% => OK
difficult_words: 59.0 63.6247240618 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => 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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