It is widely acknowledged that college education is not just about developing professional skills in specific disciplines; receiving college education also means to become well-rounded, which involves a genuine understanding of human nature and the world around us. For this reason, I believe that reading imaginative literature is necessary for all college students. In addition, only through course requirement can the students be given enough incentives to read the imaginative works systematically and provided the theoretical training for benefiting from reading the works.
To begin with, reading imaginative literature is critically important for college students to develop a well-rounded perspective on human beings and the world. One of the fundamental feature of all imaginative works is that the authors, despite the time and space that constrain their physical beings, had the imaginative and creative talents to address the issues that concern humanity as a whole. The novel “seven”, which was later adapted into a Hollywood blockbuster, for example, explored the human sins that were first depicted in the Bible. Only through critically reading imaginative works like “seven” could the students have a more profound understanding of the struggle of human beings against human nature. In other words, reading imaginative works provides the opportunities for students to learn about the world and themselves that are not available in other disciplinary studies such as math and economics.
People may argue that students can be encouraged to read such imaginative works on their own rather than taking mandatory courses. In response to this argument, I would like to offer two counterarguments.
First of all, course requirement is necessary for providing the incentives for students to read the imaginative works. In the Age of Internet, many different entertainment activities are out there competing for students’ attention. Without the course requirement, students are more likely to find themselves watching TV, movies or surfing the Internet mindlessly. Few students could derive pleasure from reading literary works when more relaxing activities like chatting with friends on Facebook are just a few clicks away. They need the discipline and motivation that come with a well-structured course to read the works.
In addition, we should not overlook the importance of professors in guiding the students to understand the imaginative works. Professors who teach such courses are experts in literature who have been well-trained in reading the imaginative works critically and creatively. In such courses, students will be provided theoretical tools to understand the texts that are not available when they read the texts independently. For example, the concept of “intertextuality” can be used to explore the connection between the novel “seven” and the biblical theme of original sins. Through such formal training in a college-level course, students will develop skills to read literary works more deeply in future and develop better and more comprehensive understanding of humanity.
In conclusion, I agree that all college students should be expected to take courses that involves reading imaginative literature as part of their graduation requirement. Such policy can provide the incentive for students to study imaginative works systematically and critically, helping them to develop a more profound and comprehensive understanding of themselves and the world.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, if, look, may, so, well, for example, in addition, in conclusion, such as, first of all, in other words, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 33.0505617978 88% => OK
Preposition: 70.0 58.6224719101 119% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3082.0 2235.4752809 138% => OK
No of words: 512.0 442.535393258 116% => OK
Chars per words: 6.01953125 5.05705443957 119% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.75682846001 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.73062826884 2.79657885939 133% => OK
Unique words: 244.0 215.323595506 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.4765625 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 954.9 704.065955056 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.9 1.59117977528 119% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 7.0 20.2370786517 35% => 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: 73.0 23.0359550562 317% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 354.247578593 60.3974514979 587% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 440.285714286 118.986275619 370% => Less chars_per_sentence wanted.
Words per sentence: 73.1428571429 23.4991977007 311% => Less words per sentence wanted.
Discourse Markers: 18.7142857143 5.21951772744 359% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 16.0 7.80617977528 205% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 5.13820224719 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.234903354565 0.243740707755 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.130167084986 0.0831039109588 157% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0559157038429 0.0758088955206 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.142674770158 0.150359130593 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0313999837654 0.0667264976115 47% => 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: 43.5 14.1392134831 308% => Automated_readability_index is high.
flesch_reading_ease: -28.0 48.8420337079 -57% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 21.2 7.92365168539 268% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 35.3 12.1743820225 290% => Flesch kincaid grade is high.
coleman_liau_index: 18.82 12.1639044944 155% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 11.24 8.38706741573 134% => OK
difficult_words: 129.0 100.480337079 128% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 35.0 11.8971910112 294% => Linsear_write_formula is high.
gunning_fog: 31.2 11.2143820225 278% => Gunning_fog is high.
text_standard: 35.0 11.7820224719 297% => The average readability is very high. Good job!
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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