The main benefit of the study of history is to dispel the illusion that people living now are significantly different from people who lived in earlier times.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
Most would agree that the study of history is crucial to human survival and development. In order to prepare for its future and deal with issues in the present, a society must look toward its past. The study of history also goes beyond the past of any one society and examines ancient civilizations in order to obtain a better grasp on how humans have arrived at the point we find ourselves at now. However, the study of history’s most important work is how it forces the human race to align itself from its past instead of severing or alienating itself; by admitting that humans have not changed so dramatically, humans are better able to imagine what a future society would look like and what we would want it to look like. By examining history, people build an intimate relationship with the people of the past, which in turn heightens empathy between peoples.
One crucial similarity between previous societies and our own is the belief that we live in end times. For example, medieval Christians often felt that they were on the brink of beholding the second coming of Christ. One sentiment that often sweeps through social media in the United States is that we, too, live in end-times. Though this belief is now more strongly supported by evidence of climate change, by looking back on societies that have thought similar things about their generations being the last, those in the present are able to remind themselves that what looks like the end often is not so, and each generation has a responsibility to the future generations, even when the immediate future looks grim. By studying history, modern people can also remind themselves that many conditions are not getting worse; for instance, people of color, in particular black Americans, have more rights in the U.S. than ever before. Health care has never been so advanced as it is now. Of course, people of color still struggle for equalities, and many Americans do not have access to good health care, but one who looks at history must admit that things have gotten better, even if the pace has been too slow.
Additionally, the study of history also humanizes earlier peoples, allowing those alive in the present to empathize more thoroughly with them and, in turn, each other. For example, when the body of an Incan girl was found mummified and frozen in the mountains of Argentina with her clothing and body almost perfectly preserved, thousands turned up to view her in a museum, feeling connected to the past in a way that had been impossible. Fragments of ancient graffiti found scrawled on the buildings of Ancient Rome surprise people with their humor and vulgarity. By remembering that bodily humor did not spring up in the late 20th century, many people of younger generations feel themselves woven into a general human narrative in a way they have not felt before.
Finally, the study of history can be used to dispel potentially racist and harmful stereotypes about past civilizations; for instance, European history often attempts to overshadow or obscure the advancement of societies of the Aztecs, for example, or the Egyptians. Historians refute that and, in doing so, reject the notion that these societies of black and brown people were inferior to and different from modern Western society. This is significant because it promotes notions of equality in the modern era as well and reminds us of the humanity of those previous civilizations.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, however, if, look, second, so, still, well, for example, for instance, in particular, of course
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 46.0 33.0505617978 139% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 100.0 58.6224719101 171% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2861.0 2235.4752809 128% => OK
No of words: 579.0 442.535393258 131% => OK
Chars per words: 4.94127806563 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.90534594407 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61797474201 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 298.0 215.323595506 138% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514680483592 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 906.3 704.065955056 129% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 6.24550561798 32% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 10.0 4.38483146067 228% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 30.0 23.0359550562 130% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 85.2175641578 60.3974514979 141% => OK
Chars per sentence: 150.578947368 118.986275619 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.4736842105 23.4991977007 130% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.05263157895 5.21951772744 116% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.174117300517 0.243740707755 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0563643447624 0.0831039109588 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.03643557878 0.0758088955206 48% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.100787338072 0.150359130593 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0119215861033 0.0667264976115 18% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.1 14.1392134831 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.03 48.8420337079 84% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.1743820225 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.96 12.1639044944 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.81 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 135.0 100.480337079 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.0 11.2143820225 125% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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