migration of Anasazi

Essay topics

The lecturer argues that none of evidence supports the ideas that a drought is the main reason of Anasazi migration. This contradicts the reading passage’s claim that Anasazi moved to their homes because of a drought.

First for most, the lecturer asserts that the signs of malnutrition from Anasazi bones do not mean anything. To be specific, health issues related to poor diet were common in Anasazi civilization regardless of crop yields. This is because most of harvest were endowed to religious figures for ceremonial purposes. This casts doubt on the reading passage’s claim that the discovery of bones that show signs of malnutrition suggest that a drought caused the migration

Next, the lecturer contends that the Anasazi did not have plan to return their homelands when the drought was over. Shortly after the Anasazi left, the dry period ended and the climate reverted to normal. If they had left because of the drought, they would have come back then. This counters the reading passage’s claim that the state of their settlements manifestly shows that the Anasazi were reacting to dry spell.

Finally, the lecturer maintains that the idea that the Anasazi left their homes for adequate water supplies is questionable. For example, some people relocated to Arizona that had little moisture and was not suitable for agriculture. It is unlikely that people fleeing from the drought would choose the region with even harsher conditions. This reputes the reading passage’s claim that the Anasazi left from arid homes to the regions with reliable water resources.

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Average: 8.5 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 59, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Use past participle here: 'planned'.
Suggestion: planned
... contends that the Anasazi did not have plan to return their homelands when the drou...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, if, so, then, for example

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 22.412803532 120% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1344.0 1373.03311258 98% => OK
No of words: 255.0 270.72406181 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.27058823529 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.99608801488 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67028589461 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 134.0 145.348785872 92% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.525490196078 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 403.2 419.366225166 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 5.0 8.23620309051 61% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
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: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.8030971243 49.2860985944 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.384615385 110.228320801 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6153846154 21.698381199 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.15384615385 7.06452816374 45% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 0.0 4.33554083885 0% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.244473657995 0.272083759551 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0860274293205 0.0996497079465 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0601742882369 0.0662205650399 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.149620598902 0.162205337803 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0327867090492 0.0443174109184 74% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.3589403974 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.29 12.2367328918 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.48 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 63.6247240618 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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