TPO-30-Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific point made in the reading passage.

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TPO-30-Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific point made in the reading passage.

The reading and the lecture both talk about a weapon called "burning mirror" that in Greek people use it for defending. This weapon is a polished copper surface curved that can focus the sun's rays, then they can burn the ships by the burning mirror. The reading suggests that this claim can not be possible; however, the professor stats that the critics are persuasive.
At first, the reading and the lecture discuss about the technology of that period. The reading claims that in that time there was not any technology that can build the burning mirror. They should built it with several meter wide and a very precise parabolic curvature. But Greek had not this technology. The lecture, on the other hand, says that they can built it by assemble dozens of smaller pieces of polished copper.
Secondly, the reading and lecture talk about the time to need burning a ship by sun's ray. The reading argues that in an experiment, the wood need about ten minutes to burn by burning mirror. In contrast, the professor states that the material which use to build a ship is not only the wood. For example, they used pitch. It can burn as second with that weapon.
Finally, the reading suggests that Greek had flaming arrows as a good weapon that it can be the same effective like burning mirror. Nevertheless, the speaker says that Roman soldiers were familiar with flaming arrows but they did not know many things about the burning mirror. Also they could not see the burning rays, they only see the fire.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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...tats that the critics are persuasive. At first, the reading and the lecture di...
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..., on the other hand, says that they can built it by assemble dozens of smaller pieces...
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...of smaller pieces of polished copper. Secondly, the reading and lecture talk a...
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Suggestion: used
...rofessor states that the material which use to build a ship is not only the wood. F...
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... can burn as second with that weapon. Finally, the reading suggests that Greek...
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Suggestion: Also,
...w many things about the burning mirror. Also they could not see the burning rays, th...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, then, for example, in contrast, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 5.04856512141 218% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 25.0 30.3222958057 82% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1248.0 1373.03311258 91% => OK
No of words: 263.0 270.72406181 97% => OK
Chars per words: 4.74524714829 5.08290768461 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.02706775958 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.29955992036 2.5805825403 89% => OK
Unique words: 127.0 145.348785872 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.48288973384 0.540411800872 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 369.9 419.366225166 88% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.8845752984 49.2860985944 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 78.0 110.228320801 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.4375 21.698381199 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.5625 7.06452816374 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => 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: 0.349182687632 0.272083759551 128% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.129647782861 0.0996497079465 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0826118178154 0.0662205650399 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.237782839865 0.162205337803 147% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0286930248797 0.0443174109184 65% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.2 13.3589403974 69% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 72.16 53.8541721854 134% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.2 11.0289183223 65% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.97 12.2367328918 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.31 8.42419426049 87% => OK
difficult_words: 48.0 63.6247240618 75% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 65.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 19.5 Out of 30
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