tpo 33 the carved stone balls
The material discusses the usage of the carved stone balls, which were found in Scotland. While the reading looks at the topic from one perspective, the listening challenges certain points outlined in the reading passage.
Firstly, the reading details specific points regarding this topic, namely, the carved stone balls could be used as weapons. Next, they have a uniform size so that they might be used as a part of measuring systems. Finally, the balls could have specific social markers.
Conversely, the listening challenges the points, one specific contradiction, if these carved stone balls were used as weapons, they should be cracked or have broken pieces; however, all of them are well preserved and are not damaged. In addition to that, may be the balls have uniform sizes, but they have different weights given that they were manufactured from different stones, such as sands or greenstones; which have density. For example, a handful of fur does not have the same weight as a handful of rocks. Consequently, the stone balls could not be used in the weighting system. One final point, some of these stone balls have intricate carving, while others are too simple; furthermore, the high standard people buried their valuable stuff with them, so if these balls have any social purposes, they should be buried with them; on the other hand, none of these balls were found on tombs or caves.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 908, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ese balls were found on tombs or caves.
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, consequently, conversely, finally, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, look, may, regarding, so, well, while, for example, in addition, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 12.0772626932 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 18.0 22.412803532 80% => OK
Preposition: 19.0 30.3222958057 63% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1170.0 1373.03311258 85% => OK
No of words: 233.0 270.72406181 86% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.02145922747 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.90696013833 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.47649526355 2.5805825403 96% => OK
Unique words: 128.0 145.348785872 88% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.549356223176 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 351.0 419.366225166 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => 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: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 80.2546571857 49.2860985944 163% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.0 110.228320801 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.3 21.698381199 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 17.3 7.06452816374 245% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.479841202108 0.272083759551 176% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.202170361063 0.0996497079465 203% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0830637633811 0.0662205650399 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.305968499718 0.162205337803 189% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.11841430453 0.0443174109184 267% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 13.3589403974 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 53.8541721854 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.3 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 52.0 63.6247240618 82% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:
para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3
Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).
Don't need a conclusion paragraph.
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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