Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Students can learn as much by watching movies as they can learn by reading books

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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Students can learn as much by watching movies as they can learn by reading books.

There is no doubt that books are an excellent source of knowledge. They can provide in-depth information on various topics and learn about history, science, and other academic subjects. Some may argue that only by reading books can students learn much knowledge, while others contend that movies can be just as educational as books. I am inclined to side with the latter.

First, movies can be more engaging than books. Reading can be boring sometimes, as many people find it challenging to sit down and read for an extended period. On the other hand, movies are much more appealing since they are visual and often include action and suspense, which can hold viewers' attention for the entire duration. Movies can thus be more memorable than books, which is helpful for students, especially those who need to cram for exams or papers. For example, a student is likely to remember more details from watching a documentary about Civil Rights Movement than from reading a history textbook on the same topic. He or she can see what the Great March on Washington looked like, hear Martin Luther King's speech "I have a dream," and feel the enormous enthusiasm back then. It is by using these visuals and sounds that the documentary brings history to life, an effect that could never be achieved by reading books.

Not only can films be more attractive and impressive, but they can also cover many grounds in a short amount of time. A typical feature-length movie can tell a story from various aspects that would take hundreds of pages to tell in a book, an advantage that is especially helpful for students who are trying to learn about a particular subject but have a limited amount of time. Take the masterpiece 'To Kill a Mockingbird 'as an example. In the book, the story is told from the perspective of Scout, a young girl who witnesses the trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman. While the book provides much information about the characters and the town, it is limited to Scout's perspective. In the film adaptation of the book, viewers are given a much broader view of the town and its inhabitants. We see the events of the story through the eyes of several different characters, including Atticus Finch, the father of Scout, allowing us to see the events of the story from different points of view and to get a better understanding of the characters and their motivations. Had it not been for the movie edition of the book, the audience would not have been able to learn so much.

In conclusion, movies can be a valuable learning tool for students, just as effective as books.

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Average: 7.6 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 196, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'argues'.
Suggestion: argues
..., and other academic subjects. Some may argue that only by reading books can students...
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Line 3, column 116, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'sitting'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'challenge' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: sitting
...mes, as many people find it challenging to sit down and read for an extended period. O...
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Line 3, column 750, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
...Luther Kings speech 'I have a dream,' and feel the enormous enthusiasm back ...
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Line 5, column 678, Rule ID: TO_NON_BASE[1]
Message: The verb after "to" should be in the base form: 'scout'.
Suggestion: Scout
...aracters and the town, it is limited to Scouts perspective. In the film adaptation of ...
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Line 5, column 856, Rule ID: NUMEROUS_DIFFERENT[1]
Message: Use simply 'several'.
Suggestion: several
...events of the story through the eyes of several different characters, including Atticus Finch, th...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, look, may, so, then, thus, while, for example, in conclusion, no doubt, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 15.1003584229 139% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 9.8082437276 173% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 13.8261648746 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.0286738351 109% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 43.0788530466 56% => OK
Preposition: 55.0 52.1666666667 105% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.0752688172 99% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2158.0 1977.66487455 109% => OK
No of words: 453.0 407.700716846 111% => OK
Chars per words: 4.76379690949 4.8611393121 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.61343653406 4.48103885553 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.59422006199 2.67179642975 97% => OK
Unique words: 236.0 212.727598566 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.520971302428 0.524837075471 99% => OK
syllable_count: 659.7 618.680645161 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 9.59856630824 73% => OK
Article: 8.0 3.08781362007 259% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.86738351254 161% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.94265232975 81% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.6003584229 97% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.1344086022 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 59.5871420694 48.9658058833 122% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.9 100.406767564 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.65 20.6045352989 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.55 5.45110844103 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 5.5376344086 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.85842293907 130% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.88709677419 143% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.324997273499 0.236089414692 138% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.100856652319 0.076458572812 132% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0787168332218 0.0737576698707 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.225468618106 0.150856017488 149% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0675796517872 0.0645574589148 105% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.3 11.7677419355 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 58.1214874552 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 10.1575268817 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.62 10.9000537634 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.07 8.01818996416 101% => OK
difficult_words: 96.0 86.8835125448 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.002688172 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.0537634409 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.247311828 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 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: conclusion.

So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:

reasons == advantages or

reasons == disadvantages

for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.


Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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