Both the passage and the lecture discuss the benefits that smart cars may provide, these are expected to use global positioning systems and transform the driver into a mere passenger. The author believes that smart cars will satisfy the current expectations, making driving safer and less expensive. However, the lecturer brings into question the claims made by the passage. She considers that it is not clear that these innovations will deliver the promised benefits.
First, the author stands that high-tech cars will save lives. They will be equipped with sensors and software that will prevent collisions. Nevertheless, the professor argues that technology is not without errors. And if these programs fail, the consequent accidents could be worst, given that people would rely on them.
Second, the passage states that new cars will alleviate traffic. Computers will allow cars to go near each other, even at high speeds, so people will save a lot of commuting time. Meanwhile, the speaker rebuts this argument by pointing out that increasingly more people are going to take the wheel. She highlights that, historically, when a new facility is granted to drivers, more people get into driving, so this rise in congestion will even out other benefits.
Finally, the Text contends that high-tech is going to save money to drivers. Given that computers take the most efficient routes, components in a car will have to be replaced with less frequency. The professor, on the other hand, posits that expenses could go even higher rather than decrease. She explains the fact that the required sensors and software is expensive and the consumer is going to pay for it. Moreover, she adds that the price of repairs will go up as well.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, may, moreover, nevertheless, second, so, well, while, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 5.04856512141 297% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 22.412803532 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => 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: 1455.0 1373.03311258 106% => OK
No of words: 285.0 270.72406181 105% => OK
Chars per words: 5.10526315789 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.10876417139 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.54700591882 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.589473684211 0.540411800872 109% => OK
syllable_count: 430.2 419.366225166 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
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: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 33.3959158765 49.2860985944 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.5882352941 110.228320801 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.7647058824 21.698381199 77% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.17647058824 7.06452816374 87% => 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 : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.226316925826 0.272083759551 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0677037296818 0.0996497079465 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0594078508621 0.0662205650399 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.130812918336 0.162205337803 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0193918585484 0.0443174109184 44% => 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: 11.0 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 53.8541721854 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.06 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 63.6247240618 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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