New technologies have change the way children spend their free time. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
The introduction of many technological advances has fundamentally changed the way people of all ages enjoy their leisure time. While some argue that this trend may have a negative influence on children, I strongly believe that its benefits are more significant.
It is undeniable that technology, in general, may exert an adverse impact on the process of shaping a child’s values. Firstly, as many parents do not control the content which their offspring access online, children may be exposed to inappropriate materials, such as pornographic images or sex videos. Secondly, electronic games that encourage violence, crime and other unacceptable behavior could also do harm to a child’s personality. In fact, the phenomenon of bullying in schools has been aggravated due to the availability of countless violent games on the Internet.
On the other hand, children could benefit greatly from using devices such as tablets or laptops in their spare time. From a social perspective, schoolgirls and schoolboys could take advantage of social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter to get to know people from any corner of the world. Being able to widening their circle of friends, children tend to me more sociable, open-minded, and tolerant – a personality trait that is vitally important in this era of globalization. From an educational perspective, young boys and girls could expand their horizons with the help of many informative websites. For instance, my little brother is fond of going online in order to watch videos about wildlife or read articles concerning the mysteries of the universe for hours on end. This undoubtedly helps nurture his curiosity and the thirst for knowledge.
In conclusion, I am persuaded that the advantages of children spending their free time with the latest technological devices far more compensate for the disadvantages.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, if, may, second, secondly, so, while, for instance, in conclusion, in fact, in general, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 13.1623246493 53% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 41.998997996 100% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.3376753507 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1590.0 1615.20841683 98% => OK
No of words: 294.0 315.596192385 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.40816326531 5.12529762239 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14082457966 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.08594703318 2.80592935109 110% => OK
Unique words: 190.0 176.041082164 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.646258503401 0.561755894193 115% => OK
syllable_count: 494.1 506.74238477 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 31.5395872219 49.4020404114 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.307692308 106.682146367 115% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.6153846154 20.7667163134 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.4615384615 7.06120827912 148% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.24130207798 0.244688304435 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.073088911755 0.084324248473 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0857754036428 0.0667982634062 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.163535828354 0.151304729494 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0896748657376 0.056905535591 158% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.4 13.0946893788 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 50.2224549098 81% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 11.3001002004 116% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.39 12.4159519038 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.04 8.58950901804 117% => OK
difficult_words: 99.0 78.4519038076 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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