Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific points made in the reading passage
The reading and lecture are both about the Machu Picchu located in the mountains of Peru. The author of the reading states the purposes of construction of Machu Picchu. The lecturer disagrees. He mentions that although it was fascinating there are flaws pertaing to it and attacks each of the claim made in the article.
First, the author of the reading states that in the captivating location of Machu Picchu led to the building of royal state there. In addition, whoever people who came to visit empire used to be attracted by the wealth and power of emperor. The professor believes there are flaws in the writer’s position. He contends that royal empire used to be far from the location of Machu Picchu. Furthermore, the residence there was for temporary period of time as it would create difficulty for people who desire to be close with political and administrative center.
Second, according to the reading the site was inhabited by religious Inca people therefore it was eminent for religious and ceremonial purpose. Additionally, religious temples , intricate cravings and so on shows the evidence to be the site religious. The speaker on other hand points out that there was no evidence of performing religious ceremony there. In addition, religious artifacts, temples and shrines could be seen in other side of Inca instead.
Finally, the reading passage also notes that the site was perfect place for military defense since it was above the hill nobody could access easily. The professor rebuts this argument. He puts forth the idea that the place was known rather for millitary training. Even though few weapons and tools were found there, those were easily found in other places too. Therefore, the site does not seem to be the used for defensive purpose.
As we can see, the author and lecturer holds conflicting views on Machu Picchu. The speaker effectively challenges the writer’s argument.
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- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Sometimes it is better to be dishonest Use specific reasons and details to support your answer 70
- Movies and television strongly influence the way people behave Do you agree or disagree Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer 76
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 170, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...rposes of construction of Machu Picchu. The lecturer disagrees. He mentions that al...
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Line 2, column 437, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
..., the residence there was for temporary period of time as it would create difficulty for peopl...
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Line 3, column 33, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...enter. Second, according to the reading the site was inhabited by religious Inca...
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Line 3, column 176, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...purpose. Additionally, religious temples , intricate cravings and so on shows the ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, furthermore, if, second, so, therefore, as for, in addition
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 10.4613686534 182% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 5.01324503311 219% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1601.0 1373.03311258 117% => OK
No of words: 316.0 270.72406181 117% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0664556962 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21620550194 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60906357334 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 165.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.522151898734 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 507.6 419.366225166 121% => 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: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 13.0662251656 153% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.1959597193 49.2860985944 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 80.05 110.228320801 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.8 21.698381199 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.3 7.06452816374 61% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.116423136592 0.272083759551 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0352901662386 0.0996497079465 35% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0272263251016 0.0662205650399 41% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0624121503063 0.162205337803 38% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0344283634789 0.0443174109184 78% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.3 13.3589403974 77% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.25 53.8541721854 104% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.83 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.28 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 63.6247240618 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.498013245 76% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => 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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