The reading states that there are several reasons that young people are reading less literature than they used to. On the other hand, the lecturer finds all the reasons mentioned by the reading dubious and refutes them all by specific details.
First, the reading states that by reading less literature, the reading public is missing out on important benefits. On the contrary, the professor mentioned the fact that the type of book is not important that much and it could be another book.
Furthermore, the author argues that what are people reading instead the reading literature is an issue, and nowadays many persons are more likely to turn on the television or read a Web page. Conversely, the lecturer brings up the idea that the culture of the country does not only depend on reading literature and watching a great movie or listening to good music is can be very effective for society.
Finally, the reading passage holds the view that with less reading literature the number of good writers can be reduced. In contrast, the speaker dismisses this issue due to the fact that always is not the reader's mistake and sometimes is the author's fault too, Much of the literature is not easy to understand and is not attractive for normal people so they prefer to read something else.
- TPO 54 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Governments should spend more money in support of the arts than in support of athletics such as state sponsored Olympic teams Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 73
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Movies and television have more negative effects than positive effects on the way young people behave Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 70
- TPO 35 Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement In twenty years there will be fewer cars in use than there are today Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 60
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement The opinions of celebrities such as famous entertainers and athletes are more important to younger people than they are to older people Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 73
- T rex Reading materials Animal fossils usually provide very little opportunity to study the actual animal tissues because in fossils the animals living tissues have been largely replaced by minerals Thus scientists were very excited recently when it 75
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 22 in 30
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 3 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 8 12
No. of Words: 221 250
No. of Characters: 1045 1200
No. of Different Words: 120 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.856 4.2
Average Word Length: 4.729 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.386 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 76 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 61 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 31 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 21 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 27.625 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.012 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.875 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.47 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.47 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.117 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 4