Roanoke
In 1587, the English sent a group of settlers to Roanoke to establish a colony in North America. After returning from a trip to Europe, the Governor of this settlement, John White, found that the entire English colony had disappeared. This disappearance has been the subject of great debate. But, it is no longer a mystery; we now know that the settlers did not disappear but instead relocated to the Island of Croatoa.
First, when White returned he found the word “Croatoa” carved onto a piece of wood. The governor had told the colonists that if they encountered any trouble while he was away, to leave a message indicating where they had gone. This sign indicates that the settlers did not disappear mysteriously but rather relocated to the Croatoan Island. Unfortunately, White’s ship was damaged during his return, so he could not travel to the island to check if the settlers were there.
Second, many English artifacts have been found on Croatoa supporting the idea that the settlers from Roanoke simply relocated to the island. Specifically, a ring was found on the Croatoan Island that can be directly linked back to an Englishman. The only way that this ring could have made its way to the island was if it was brought there by one of the English settlers from Roanoke during their relocation.
Third, when search parties finally arrived on the Croatoan Island to look for the Roanoke settlers, they did not find any but did find that the indigenous inhabitants possessed European characteristics. They had light hair and blue eyes, traits not associated with the natives of North America. The peoples of Croatoa could only have attained these characteristics through intermarriage with the English settlers from Roanoke, providing more conclusive evidence that they relocated to Croatoa.
The article states that the mystery in the disappearance of English settlers sent to Roanoke was solved, indicating that the group had relocated to the Island of Croatoa, and the reading provides three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that it is a weak theory and refutes each of the author’s reasons.
First, the reading states that the England found the word “Croatoa” carved onto a piece of wood, showing the place that the settlers had gone. The professor refutes this point by saying that this theory make no sense. The English group was instructed to go towards the interior in any case of trouble. Going on this direction, the settlers will be able to easily find food and water in the environment. However, the Island of Croatoa is located exactly in the opposite direction.
Second, the article claims that many English artifacts have been found on Croatoa. However, the professor contends that there is no proof that the group in fact resettled in this location. Probably, the settlers went to the Island just to trade their belongings for food and water with the natives.
Third, the reading avers that when search parties arrived on the Island, they found that the indigenous possessed European characteristics. Conversely, the lecture opposes this point by stating that this theory could be explained in another way. These search groups were the first to arrive in the Island after one hundred years from the settlers disappearance. Before the missing group, many other expeditions were sent to the Croatoa Island in order to establish English colonies. In that way, the intermarriage between English settlers and inhabitants could had come from any of these groups.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 339, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'settlers'' or 'settler's'?
Suggestion: settlers'; settler's
...Island after one hundred years from the settlers disappearance. Before the missing group...
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Line 4, column 562, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'could' requires the base form of the verb: 'have'
Suggestion: have
... English settlers and inhabitants could had come from any of these groups.
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
conversely, first, however, if, second, so, third, in fact, in any case
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1438.0 1373.03311258 105% => OK
No of words: 279.0 270.72406181 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.1541218638 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.08696624509 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73441703534 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 145.348785872 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.530465949821 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 425.7 419.366225166 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => 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: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.664112058 49.2860985944 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.8666666667 110.228320801 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.6 21.698381199 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.73333333333 7.06452816374 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.239128726253 0.272083759551 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0788195889608 0.0996497079465 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0462274637093 0.0662205650399 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.148218492144 0.162205337803 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0337666234531 0.0443174109184 76% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.59 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.26 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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