Some people believe that the only purpose of films is to entertain. Others say films should have educational value. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
It is believed that films should only be evaluated based on their recreational properties, while some opinions claim that they should as well be able to educate their audiences. In my view, films possess a combination of both qualities, and this essay will explain the point further.
On the one hand, it is true that watching a movie helps individuals wind down after a long working period of time, and some specific genres, namely comedy and action, can generate exhilaration and hilarity among its viewers. These stimuli are scientifically proven to be able to energize the human body and help people become more productive on their tasks. In fact, a lot of blockbusters nowadays follow the motif and become commercially successful, such as Avengers and other superhero flicks. Therefore, it might have given the public the impression that the creation of movies is only devoted to their enjoyment.
On the other hand, the educational values of films are of paramount importance to society, thus should not be neglected. Throughout the development of humanity, motion pictures have been the method of recording historical events, from which modern scholars could gain insights about how the world has got its form. For example, without the precious footage of the Holocaust, today's society would not be able to point out the cruelty of a regime and learn the lesson to prevent ourselves from turning to that pitfall in the future. That is to say, the academic significance of movies is indispensable, and should not be overlooked when they are evaluated.
In conclusion, movies can truly entertain people and simultaneously provide them with great educational benefits of learning about the history of mankind. It is predicted that they will continue to be considered essential for both learning and entertainment purposes.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 100, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...ividuals wind down after a long working period of time, and some specific genres, namely comed...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
if, look, so, therefore, thus, well, while, for example, in conclusion, in fact, such as, in my view, it is true, on the other hand, that is to say
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 7.30460921844 123% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 24.0651302605 104% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 41.998997996 100% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1545.0 1615.20841683 96% => OK
No of words: 295.0 315.596192385 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.23728813559 5.12529762239 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14434120667 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.87249684943 2.80592935109 102% => OK
Unique words: 180.0 176.041082164 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.610169491525 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 478.8 506.74238477 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0721442886 75% => 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: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.5537608831 49.4020404114 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 128.75 106.682146367 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.5833333333 20.7667163134 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.25 7.06120827912 173% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.253307721733 0.244688304435 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.082265339564 0.084324248473 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0749751286726 0.0667982634062 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.143213721706 0.151304729494 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0792102929234 0.056905535591 139% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.5 13.0946893788 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 50.2224549098 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.41 12.4159519038 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.75 8.58950901804 114% => OK
difficult_words: 92.0 78.4519038076 117% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 9.78957915832 148% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 100, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...ividuals wind down after a long working period of time, and some specific genres, namely comed...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
if, look, so, therefore, thus, well, while, for example, in conclusion, in fact, such as, in my view, it is true, on the other hand, that is to say
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 7.30460921844 123% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 24.0651302605 104% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 41.998997996 100% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1545.0 1615.20841683 96% => OK
No of words: 295.0 315.596192385 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.23728813559 5.12529762239 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14434120667 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.87249684943 2.80592935109 102% => OK
Unique words: 180.0 176.041082164 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.610169491525 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 478.8 506.74238477 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.76152304609 168% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0721442886 75% => 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: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.5537608831 49.4020404114 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 128.75 106.682146367 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.5833333333 20.7667163134 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.25 7.06120827912 173% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.253307721733 0.244688304435 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.082265339564 0.084324248473 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0749751286726 0.0667982634062 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.143213721706 0.151304729494 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0792102929234 0.056905535591 139% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.5 13.0946893788 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 50.2224549098 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.41 12.4159519038 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.75 8.58950901804 114% => OK
difficult_words: 92.0 78.4519038076 117% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 9.78957915832 148% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 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.