Describe a food that is important to your country's sense of identity. Explain how this food contributes to your country's "food culture."
Use specific examples and details to support your answer.
Foods lie at the heart of every culture. Without food, no one can survive, both physically and spiritually. As a Chinese, undoubtedly, rice is the food that has the most profound impact on our culture and sense of identity, as I shall discuss below.
Before the Industrial Revolution, rice is a type of crop that requires a high density of labor. Thus, it is not surprising that rice is an integral part of Chinese culture and has become the symbol of diligence. China is a country with a large population, and these people are not evenly distributed. Therefore, intensive farming serves as a solution to populated areas, and rice is the ideal staple in these regions. No matter how harsh the weather is, farmers need to take care of the crops every day. They work with blood and sweat, and the rice is the undeniable proof of their hard work and toil.
On the surface, rice does not seem remarkable, so it is also a symbol of modesty. When cooked, it becomes white and round, and it will yield a pleasant smell. However, compared with other foods such as meat and fish, rice is not as eye-catching due to its lack of splendid colors, shapes, or flavors. Nevertheless, Chinese people tend to have rice in every meal since it can mediate the different flavors. Rice plays an indispensable role for the Han people of China, but we may not notice it when enjoying the meal. Consequently, we often relate rice to modesty, a virtue most admired in Chinese culture.
Rice also has another defining characteristic, which is the symbol of unity. Nowadays, with the advent of technology, rice has increasingly lost its hard-working feature due to the demise of labor-intense production. Also, with the emergence of foreign cuisines, the indispensable role of rice has significantly diminished. However, its symbol of unity has become more crucial than ever. These days, plenty of young people leave their hometowns in pursuit of work in big cities. Chinese New Year is the time when all of the family members must come together and enjoy a meal called "reunion dinner," which is a traditional Chinese meal with lots of delicious dishes and lots of rice. This meal will take a long time for family members to chat with each other and relish in the rare moment of reunion.
Although the world has changed a lot during the past decades, as a Chinese, I truly believe that the spirit of rice will always live in my heart and soul. Rice is China's sense of identity.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, however, if, may, nevertheless, so, therefore, thus, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 15.1003584229 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 9.8082437276 92% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 13.8261648746 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.0286738351 82% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 43.0788530466 60% => OK
Preposition: 57.0 52.1666666667 109% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.0752688172 74% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2045.0 1977.66487455 103% => OK
No of words: 429.0 407.700716846 105% => OK
Chars per words: 4.7668997669 4.8611393121 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.55107846309 4.48103885553 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70914622521 2.67179642975 101% => OK
Unique words: 233.0 212.727598566 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.543123543124 0.524837075471 103% => OK
syllable_count: 657.9 618.680645161 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.59856630824 83% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.51792114695 171% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.86738351254 321% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.94265232975 101% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.6003584229 117% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.1344086022 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.8647996899 48.9658058833 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.2083333333 100.406767564 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.875 20.6045352989 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.54166666667 5.45110844103 65% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 11.8709677419 59% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.88709677419 205% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0683240005266 0.236089414692 29% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0237170322092 0.076458572812 31% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0382170601104 0.0737576698707 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0538793628926 0.150856017488 36% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0649806265494 0.0645574589148 101% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.0 11.7677419355 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 58.1214874552 108% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 10.1575268817 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.09 10.9000537634 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.09 8.01818996416 101% => OK
difficult_words: 98.0 86.8835125448 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.002688172 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.0537634409 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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