TPO-05 - Integrated Writing Task As early as the twelfth century A.D., the settlements of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico in the American Southwest were notable for their "great houses," massive stone buildings that contain hundreds of rooms and often stand th

In this lecture,none of the theories about what the great houses were used for is convincing. It reputes all of the three suppositions due to the following reasons.

First of all, the reading suggests that the great houses could be used as residential houses, which is similar to “apartment buildings”. Though it may sound reasonable, it casts serious doubt because the circumstance inside the houses are not like what it looks like outside. If someone lived in the house, there should be many fire places for cooking. However, there are not enough fire places especially in larger houses, where the fire places could only serve ten families with more than a hundred rooms.

Secondly,the theory of food storage is not supported either. If they were used to contain food like maize, they must have some containers to store food, which is uncovered. In addition, some maize may drop to the floor, but there is nothing left here.

Thirdly, the ceremonial centers are not what they are used to be because there are other materials beside the old material, such as sand , stones and some construction material. Most of these are not used for being built. So it is not good evidence to identify the great houses.

In conclusion, the great houses are not used for residential houses, storage places or ceremonial centers. We still need more evidence to prove what the “great houses” are used for.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 16, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , none
In this lecture,none of the theories about what the great ho...
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Line 1, column 106, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...were used for is convincing. It reputes all of the three suppositions due to the following...
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Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , the
...h more than a hundred rooms. Secondly,the theory of food storage is not supported...
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Line 5, column 75, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[5]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'used to containing'.
Suggestion: used to containing
...e is not supported either. If they were used to contain food like maize, they must have some co...
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Line 7, column 55, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[5]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'used to being'.
Suggestion: used to being
...eremonial centers are not what they are used to be because there are other materials besid...
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Line 7, column 137, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...ls beside the old material, such as sand , stones and some construction material. ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, look, may, second, secondly, so, still, third, thirdly, in addition, in conclusion, such as, first of all

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 10.4613686534 191% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 4.0 12.0772626932 33% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 12.0 22.412803532 54% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1185.0 1373.03311258 86% => OK
No of words: 236.0 270.72406181 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.02118644068 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.91947592106 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71961140748 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 136.0 145.348785872 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.576271186441 0.540411800872 107% => OK
syllable_count: 369.9 419.366225166 88% => 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: 4.0 8.23620309051 49% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.2859740251 49.2860985944 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.6428571429 110.228320801 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.8571428571 21.698381199 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.28571428571 7.06452816374 131% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.282301266558 0.272083759551 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0982603613745 0.0996497079465 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0638787025161 0.0662205650399 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.160540379654 0.162205337803 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0249957160899 0.0443174109184 56% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.6 13.3589403974 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.54 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.64 8.42419426049 91% => OK
difficult_words: 48.0 63.6247240618 75% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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