Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean.
The argument proposed in the passage rests on several assumptions made by the author. Although the author mentions an observational study.Moreover, the passage is inundated with vague terminologies that are open to interpretation and subject to fallacy.The validity of the argument cannot be justified unless we are provided with cogent cases bolstered by evidence.
First of all, the passage has open up with a notion of baskets which was made by Palean people have been found. Since we are not provided with numerical data. For example, How many people have found this distinctive pattern of baskets? How can one compare the Palean basket with the usual one. Thus, the terms are largely subjective, which none but the author can only clearly specify. Without a lucid explanation of these terms, we are left in an ambivalent state and the argument itself is open for debate.
Secondly, the passage is presented with another notion that archaeologists have discovered a palean basket in Lithos.There might be possibility that the archaeologists didn’t have much knowledge. Without citing their experiences or degree we cannot assume them to be veracious. Thus, without citing any information regarding the education and knowledge, the argument is subject to fallacy.
Moreover the author states about describing the whereabouts of palean people. The author is assuming that would have travelled only by boat because of the condition of Brim river.There might be possibility that they would travel to another location with many more mode of transportation and Palean baskets can be available to some unknown location which has not yet discovered.
Thus, the author has stated ambiguous argument without describing eminent details to arrive at a conclusion.
Comments
e-rater score report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 2.0 out of 6
Category: Poor Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 14 15
No. of Words: 281 350
No. of Characters: 1447 1500
No. of Different Words: 149 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.094 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.149 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.766 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 114 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 81 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 53 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 35 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 20.071 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 11.907 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.571 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.35 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.597 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.119 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 87, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Although” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...several assumptions made by the author. Although the author mentions an observational st...
^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 139, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Moreover
... author mentions an observational study.Moreover, the passage is inundated with vague te...
^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 254, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: The
...o interpretation and subject to fallacy.The validity of the argument cannot be just...
^^^
Line 3, column 113, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Since” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
... made by Palean people have been found. Since we are not provided with numerical data...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 118, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: There
...ve discovered a palean basket in Lithos.There might be possibility that the archaeolo...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Moreover,
... the argument is subject to fallacy. Moreover the author states about describing the ...
^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 180, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: There
... because of the condition of Brim river.There might be possibility that they would tr...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, moreover, regarding, second, secondly, so, thus, for example, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.6327345309 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.9520958084 69% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 11.1786427146 63% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 13.6137724551 59% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 15.0 28.8173652695 52% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 55.5748502994 72% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 16.3942115768 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1496.0 2260.96107784 66% => OK
No of words: 276.0 441.139720559 63% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.42028985507 5.12650576532 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07593519647 4.56307096286 89% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95571351556 2.78398813304 106% => OK
Unique words: 152.0 204.123752495 74% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.550724637681 0.468620217663 118% => OK
syllable_count: 476.1 705.55239521 67% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 4.96107784431 20% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.76447105788 103% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.22255489022 95% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 19.7664670659 71% => 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: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 75.6499726857 57.8364921388 131% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.857142857 119.503703932 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.7142857143 23.324526521 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.42857142857 5.70786347227 113% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 5.25449101796 133% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 8.20758483034 12% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 6.88822355289 73% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.67664670659 171% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.163788528952 0.218282227539 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.060904213678 0.0743258471296 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0802510438731 0.0701772020484 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.079553902731 0.128457276422 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.077742900483 0.0628817314937 124% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 14.3799401198 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 48.3550499002 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.197005988 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.16 12.5979740519 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.87 8.32208582834 107% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 98.500998004 76% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 12.3882235529 69% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.9071856287 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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