In many countries, plastic bags are the main source of rubbish causing pollution in oceans and on land; therefore, it should be banned.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Plastic pollution is becoming one of the greatest threats to our environment, particularly the oceans and plastic bags are the main culprits. Some have therefore suggested banning the use of these bags. This essay will discuss why I completely agree that a ban is the best way to curb the amount of plastic being discarded.
The main reason why plastic bags ought to be removed from the market is that they are causing environmental crises. Around 4 trillion are used annually and since they are not biodegradable, most end up in landfill or in waterways. Indeed, the news media has been awash recently with stories and images of marine life getting tangled in plastic waste or dying from ingesting kilos of discarded shopping bags. While bags are not the only plastic being thrown away carelessly, they certainly make up a large proportion and therefore banning them would be a step in the right direction at least.
A secondary reason is that banning plastic bags raises awareness about single-use plastics and consumption in general. When Woolworths supermarkets, for instance, implemented a ban at the check-out this year, many people were forced to reconsider other conveniences and bad habits they had maintained for decades. Subsequently, the bag ban also sparked action regarding the use of plastic straws, disposable coffee cups and packaging in general, all of which contribute to environmental contamination. Clearly, if stores take a strong position and prohibit single-use bags, the knock-on effect can be powerful.
In conclusion, this essay discussed both the practical and the psychological impacts of a ban on plastic carry bags. In my opinion, this simple step can have far-reaching consequences and the sooner more stores adopt the policy, the better.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, regarding, second, so, therefore, while, at least, for instance, in conclusion, in general, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 10.4138276553 115% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 7.30460921844 68% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 16.0 24.0651302605 66% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 41.998997996 83% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1501.0 1615.20841683 93% => OK
No of words: 285.0 315.596192385 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.26666666667 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.10876417139 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.92970059618 2.80592935109 104% => OK
Unique words: 179.0 176.041082164 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.628070175439 0.561755894193 112% => OK
syllable_count: 455.4 506.74238477 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => 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: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.6420386924 49.4020404114 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.461538462 106.682146367 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9230769231 20.7667163134 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.23076923077 7.06120827912 131% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.67935871743 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.168491781809 0.244688304435 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0632324027165 0.084324248473 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0633194022732 0.0667982634062 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.102770630121 0.151304729494 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0576472600094 0.056905535591 101% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 13.0946893788 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 50.2224549098 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.29 12.4159519038 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.33 8.58950901804 109% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 78.4519038076 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 9.78957915832 82% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.7795591182 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.