The author of the reading passage proposes three theories as likely explanations of the primary function of Chaco Canyon houses, grant structures built in the I2th century. The lecturer, however, points to the inaccuracies in each of these theories.
The lecturer argues that the modest number of fireplaces in these structures is in contradiction with the huge size of these houses, indicating that these structures could not have been used for Residential purposes. The Reading, however, draws comparisons between the Chaco houses and other similar large Residential structures in support of the "Residential" theory.
The second theory, that the houses were used for food storage, is also rejected by the lecturer. He explains that a place that had been used for storing maize would have many traces of scattered Maize, which is not the case in the area of the Chaco Canyon houses. This proves that the "food storage theory" is unlikely.
Finally, regarding the third theory, the "ceremony theory", the lecturer contends that the presence of broken pots close to the great houses does not offer sufficient proof that this was a place for ceremonial activities. He argues that there are other materials such as pieces of construction trash found along with the broken pots, which suggest that these pots were probably not used for ceremonial purposes but instead were discarded by construction workers upon completion of the great houses.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...naccuracies in each of these theories. The lecturer argues that the modest number ...
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Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...ave been used for Residential purposes. The Reading, however, draws comparisons bet...
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Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...of the 'Residential' theory. The second theory, that the houses were use...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'finally', 'however', 'regarding', 'second', 'so', 'third', 'such as']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.287822878229 0.261695866417 110% => OK
Verbs: 0.125461254613 0.158904122519 79% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0885608856089 0.0723426182421 122% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0405904059041 0.0435111971325 93% => OK
Pronouns: 0.00738007380074 0.0277247811725 27% => Some pronouns wanted.
Prepositions: 0.151291512915 0.128828473217 117% => OK
Participles: 0.0442804428044 0.0370669169778 119% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.98400626638 2.5805825403 116% => OK
Infinitives: 0.00738007380074 0.0208969081088 35% => Some infinitives wanted.
Particles: 0.0 0.00154638098197 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.132841328413 0.128158765124 104% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.00738007380074 0.0158828679856 46% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0110701107011 0.0114777025283 96% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1470.0 1645.83664459 89% => OK
No of words: 231.0 271.125827815 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.36363636364 6.08160592843 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.89854898053 4.04852973271 96% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.376623376623 0.374372842146 101% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.294372294372 0.287516216867 102% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.21645021645 0.187439937562 115% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.142857142857 0.113142543107 126% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98400626638 2.5805825403 116% => OK
Unique words: 130.0 145.348785872 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.562770562771 0.539623497131 104% => OK
Word variations: 54.1990230845 53.8517498576 101% => OK
How many sentences: 9.0 13.0529801325 69% => OK
Sentence length: 25.6666666667 21.7502111507 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 68.27305381 49.3711431718 138% => OK
Chars per sentence: 163.333333333 132.220823453 124% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.6666666667 21.7502111507 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.0 0.878197800319 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 3.39072847682 88% => OK
Readability: 55.1038961039 50.5018328374 109% => OK
Elegance: 2.78723404255 1.90840788429 146% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.684878623035 0.549887131256 125% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.22640031956 0.142949733639 158% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0693352474206 0.0787303798458 88% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.752993260662 0.631733273073 119% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.0886807674361 0.139662658121 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.395262480294 0.266732575781 148% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0934698236107 0.103435571967 90% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.490958962807 0.414875509568 118% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.00926411361765 0.0530846634433 17% => Paragraphs are so close to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.524655990116 0.40443939384 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0162349027009 0.0528353158467 31% => The ideas may be duplicated in paragraphs.
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.26048565121 70% => OK
Positive topic words: 4.0 3.49668874172 114% => OK
Negative topic words: 2.0 3.62251655629 55% => OK
Neutral topic words: 2.0 3.1766004415 63% => OK
Total topic words: 8.0 10.2958057395 78% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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Note: This is not the final score. The e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.