TOEFL Sample essay : integrated essay from TPO3

The reading passage explains why a specific painting is not ascribed to the famous painter, Rembrandt. However, the lecturer disagrees with the reasons mentioned and presents some evidence that the experts mentioned as a means to refute them all.

First, the author of the passage states that the way the woman in the portrait dressed is contradictory to the style of Rembrandt. Conversely, the lecturer brings up the results from a study to refute it. She asserts that the analysis shows that the fur collar is not part of the original painting. It is painted over 100 years after pain...

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is not part of the original painting
is not the part of the original painting

Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 27 in 30
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 15 12
No. of Words: 291 250
No. of Characters: 1402 1200
No. of Different Words: 149 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.13 4.2
Average Word Length: 4.818 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.609 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 101 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 79 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 55 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 28 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 19.4 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.78 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.533 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.342 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.544 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.116 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4