TPO-33
The reading and the lecture are both about the carved stone balls artifact. It dated around 4,000 years ago. The article has provided several theories about the stone balls purpose. The lecture casts doubt on the argument made in the article. He is of the opinion that none of the theories are convincing.
First, the author suggests that the carved stone balls were used as the weapons. He believes that the Neolithic people would have used it for the hunting or fighting. The stone balls have been found with hole and groove on the surface. It suggests the stone balls were used as the weapons. This point is challenged by the lecture. He suggests that the if the stone ball would have used as weapons it should present the sign of wear on it. However, the stone balls are found cracked and in pieces, but the surface is not damaged. Hence, it is less likely to believe that the stone balls were used as the weapons.
Second, the author states that the Stone balls would have used as the measuring tool. He means that every ball is uniform in size-suggests that the balls were used as the standard unit of measure. The lecture refutes this idea. He explains that the balls are made up of different material, and it weighs differently. It does not matter if the balls are of the same size. Therefore, this theory is not convincing.
Third, the author states that the stone balls were used for the social purpose. He suggests that the stone balls represents the elaborate carving of their owner. However, the lecture, on the other hand, suggests that the stone balls did not found near the tune. He is of the opinion that if stones balls served the social purpose, it should be found near the grave of the people because they buried things with the people whom it belongs in the past. Therefore, this theory is not believable.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 61, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'balls'' or 'ball's'?
Suggestion: balls'; ball's
...lecture are both about the carved stone balls artifact. It dated around 4,000 years a...
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Line 2, column 371, Rule ID: IF_WOULD_HAVE_VBN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'had used'?
Suggestion: had used
... He suggests that the if the stone ball would have used as weapons it should present the sign o...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, hence, however, if, second, so, therefore, third, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 10.4613686534 191% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 22.412803532 161% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => 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: 1504.0 1373.03311258 110% => OK
No of words: 326.0 270.72406181 120% => OK
Chars per words: 4.61349693252 5.08290768461 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24917287072 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.18791448115 2.5805825403 85% => OK
Unique words: 135.0 145.348785872 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.414110429448 0.540411800872 77% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 459.9 419.366225166 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 15.0 3.25607064018 461% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 13.0662251656 184% => OK
Sentence length: 13.0 21.2450331126 61% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 32.3496522392 49.2860985944 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 62.6666666667 110.228320801 57% => More chars_per_sentence wanted.
Words per sentence: 13.5833333333 21.698381199 63% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.29166666667 7.06452816374 47% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.27373068433 257% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.553661008111 0.272083759551 203% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.187616476398 0.0996497079465 188% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.123067370637 0.0662205650399 186% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.372201773695 0.162205337803 229% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.07126192948 0.0443174109184 161% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 7.1 13.3589403974 53% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 75.2 53.8541721854 140% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 6.0 11.0289183223 54% => Flesch kincaid grade is low.
coleman_liau_index: 8.87 12.2367328918 72% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 6.85 8.42419426049 81% => OK
difficult_words: 53.0 63.6247240618 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 4.5 10.7273730684 42% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 7.2 10.498013245 69% => OK
text_standard: 7.0 11.2008830022 62% => The average readability is low. Need to imporve the language.
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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