Writing Practice Set 1:
Toward the end of his life, the Chevalier de Seingalt (1725−1798) wrote a long memoir recounting his
life and adventures. The Chevalier was a somewhat controversial figure, but since he met many famous
people, including kings and writers, his memoir has become a valuable historical source about European
society in the eighteenth century. However, some critics have raised doubts about the accuracy of the
memoir. They claim that the Chevalier distorted or invented many events in the memoir to make his life
seem more exciting and glamorous than it really was.
For example, in his memoir the Chevalier claims that while living in Switzerland, he was very wealthy, and
it is known that he spent a great deal of money there on parties and gambling. However, evidence has
recently surfaced that the Chevalier borrowed considerable sums of money from a Swiss merchant. Critics
thus argue that if the Chevalier had really been very rich, he would not have needed to borrow money.
Critics are also skeptical about the accuracy of the conversations that the Chevalier records in the memoir
between himself and the famous writer Voltaire. No one doubts that the Chevalier and Voltaire met and
conversed. However, critics complain that the memoir cannot possibly capture these conversations
accurately, because it was written many years after the conversations occurred. Critics point out that it is
impossible to remember exact phrases from extended conversations held many years earlier.
Critics have also questioned the memoir’s account of the Chevalier’s escape from a notorious prison in
Venice, Italy. He claims to have escaped the Venetian prison by using a piece of metal to make a hole in
the ceiling and climbing through the roof. Critics claim that while such a daring escape makes for enjoyable
reading, it is more likely that the Chevalier’s jailers were bribed to free him. They point out that the Chevalier
had a number of politically well-connected friends in Venice who could have offered a bribe.
The reading passage is about the memoir of the Chevalier and its critical review. there are three points made by the author of the passage to affirm that the memoir by chavelier was distorted and equivocal and hence cannot be used as a historical factsheet. The lecture however, contradicts the view presented in the passage.
At first, the author of the passage argues that if it were true that chavelier was wealthy and spent money recklessly in switzerland in parties and gambling, why would he require to take loan from a swiss merchant. So, he concludes that chavalier was indeed not as rich as he writes of in the memoir. however, the lady in the lecture rebuts this opinion. she says that it may be the case that chavelier had lots of assets but he might need to convert these assets into money which requires some time. it was during this time that he borrowed some money from the merchant.
Secondly, critics in the passage argue about the accuracy of the conversation between chavalier and voltaire. they agree upon the fact that both of them have met sometime but they do not believe on the exact conversation. they say that the memoir was written long time after the meeting and it was impossible to remember the exact conversations after such a long time. but, the lady in the lecture does not have the same views. she asserts that chavalier used to write short notes about discussion with voltaire everynight and witnesses have also accepted it.
The final point that critics contends is the escape of chavalier from the venetian prison. they argue that probably, chavalier had used political power and friends in venuice to offer bribe to the prision officers rather than escaping from the prision by making hole with a metal object in the ceiling. The lady in the lecture contradicts this fact. she asserts that there were many more powerful people in the prision at the same time Chavaleir was imprisioned which did not get free by bribery. Furthermore, there was also requirement to repair the cielingof the chavalier's prision after his escape.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 83, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: There
... the Chevalier and its critical review. there are three points made by the author of ...
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Line 7, column 180, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'taking'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'require' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: taking
...ties and gambling, why would he require to take loan from a swiss merchant. So, he conc...
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Line 7, column 302, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: However
... as rich as he writes of in the memoir. however, the lady in the lecture rebuts this op...
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Suggestion: She
...ady in the lecture rebuts this opinion. she says that it may be the case that chave...
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Suggestion: It
...ts into money which requires some time. it was during this time that he borrowed s...
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Suggestion: They
...rsation between chavalier and voltaire. they agree upon the fact that both of them h...
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Suggestion: They
... not believe on the exact conversation. they say that the memoir was written long ti...
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Suggestion: But
...t conversations after such a long time. but, the lady in the lecture does not have ...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: She
...e lecture does not have the same views. she asserts that chavalier used to write sh...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: They
... of chavalier from the venetian prison. they argue that probably, chavalier had used...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: She
...y in the lecture contradicts this fact. she asserts that there were many more power...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, second, secondly, so
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 22.412803532 165% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 50.0 30.3222958057 165% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1732.0 1373.03311258 126% => OK
No of words: 355.0 270.72406181 131% => OK
Chars per words: 4.87887323944 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34067318298 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.47135543758 2.5805825403 96% => OK
Unique words: 183.0 145.348785872 126% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.515492957746 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 538.2 419.366225166 128% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.8266129496 49.2860985944 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.2222222222 110.228320801 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.7222222222 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.22222222222 7.06452816374 60% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 11.0 4.19205298013 262% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => 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: 0.11310048198 0.272083759551 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0366144121866 0.0996497079465 37% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0431037860447 0.0662205650399 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0693082324737 0.162205337803 43% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0198851447702 0.0443174109184 45% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 13.3589403974 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.02 12.2367328918 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.6 8.42419426049 90% => OK
difficult_words: 68.0 63.6247240618 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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