TPO-33 - Integrated Writing Task Carved stone balls are a curious type of artifact found at a number of locations in Scotland. They date from the late Neolithic period, around 4,000 years ago. They are round in shape; they were carved from several types o

The reading passage contents that there are three hypotheses about the purpose and meaning of carved stone balls that are a curious type of artifact found at a number of location in Scotland. On the other hand, the lecturer brings about several points that contradict this argument.
First of all, the lecturer questions the theory in the reading passage that in order to hunt or fight, people at that time used the carved stone balls. This is attributed to the fact that even thought the balls are cracked and separated, their surfaces are well preserved and not damaged. If those were used in hunting or fighting, the surfaces of those balls would be damaged; however, it is not. Thus, the reading passage’s first theory is invalid.
Moreover, the lecturer casts doubt on the hypothesis in the reading passage that in a primitive system of weights of measures, the carved stone balls were utilized. This is because it is true their size is nearly uniform, but they were made from different stone holding different density. in order to make the same stone with weight, all stone would be carved with the same stone. Consequently, the reading passage’s second theory is contradicted.
Last but not least, the lecturer disagrees with the theory in the reading passage that the carved stone balls were used for a social purpose. It is obvious that on the surfaces of the stone, there are two different designs, elaborate and simple designs. In addition, in order to mark social status of an owner, the carved stone would be found with tomb or other places which after the owner was buried. However, the stones were not discovered with any tombs. As a result, the reading passage’s last theory is refuted.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 289, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: In
...ferent stone holding different density. in order to make the same stone with weigh...
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Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'consequently', 'first', 'however', 'if', 'moreover', 'second', 'so', 'thus', 'well', 'in addition', 'as a result', 'first of all', 'it is true', 'on the other hand']

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

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.257396449704 0.261695866417 98% => OK
Verbs: 0.150887573964 0.158904122519 95% => OK
Adjectives: 0.085798816568 0.0723426182421 119% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0384615384615 0.0435111971325 88% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0177514792899 0.0277247811725 64% => OK
Prepositions: 0.127218934911 0.128828473217 99% => OK
Participles: 0.0532544378698 0.0370669169778 144% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.51162082257 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0118343195266 0.0208969081088 57% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.00154638098197 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.127218934911 0.128158765124 99% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.00887573964497 0.0158828679856 56% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00887573964497 0.0114777025283 77% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1719.0 1645.83664459 104% => OK
No of words: 291.0 271.125827815 107% => OK
Chars per words: 5.90721649485 6.08160592843 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13022058845 4.04852973271 102% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.353951890034 0.374372842146 95% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.247422680412 0.287516216867 86% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.161512027491 0.187439937562 86% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.0893470790378 0.113142543107 79% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.51162082257 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 139.0 145.348785872 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.477663230241 0.539623497131 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
Word variations: 46.3419371574 53.8517498576 86% => OK
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0529801325 115% => OK
Sentence length: 19.4 21.7502111507 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.3102413235 49.3711431718 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.6 132.220823453 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4 21.7502111507 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.0 0.878197800319 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 3.39072847682 29% => OK
Readability: 44.1422680412 50.5018328374 87% => OK
Elegance: 2.11428571429 1.90840788429 111% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.72293441712 0.549887131256 131% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0936700025882 0.142949733639 66% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0542508498869 0.0787303798458 69% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.565515956911 0.631733273073 90% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.130211720036 0.139662658121 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.323904429321 0.266732575781 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.143561714202 0.103435571967 139% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.520873686183 0.414875509568 126% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0747100911479 0.0530846634433 141% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.575754532689 0.40443939384 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0253251179043 0.0528353158467 48% => The ideas may be duplicated in paragraphs.

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.26048565121 141% => OK
Positive topic words: 3.0 3.49668874172 86% => OK
Negative topic words: 6.0 3.62251655629 166% => OK
Neutral topic words: 5.0 3.1766004415 157% => OK
Total topic words: 14.0 10.2958057395 136% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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