Literature
The reading and the lecture are both about the decline in the number of people reading literature. Whereas the author of the passage states that young people read less literature and this has unfortunate effects, the lecturer suggests that not reading literature doesn’t mean people are not doing anything productive. The speaker casts doubt on the main points made in the reading by providing three reasons.
First of all, the text states that nothing apart from literature provides intellectual stimulation. However, the lecturer disputes this point by saying that in today’s world culture has changed in terms of how people can obtain intellectual stimulation from other sources such as science, math, and history books. Furthermore, he mentions that these books can help to exercise people’s imagination and they benefit as much as they would from literature.
Secondly, the reading states that people are wasting time reading poorly written books and that many people prefer to watch TV instead of reading something valuable. Nevertheless, the lecturer refutes this argument by saying that there is a lot of valuable information on TV, also brilliant songs that can contribute the same value as literature. Besides, less time reading doesn't mean the population’s knowledge is declining since some programs on TV or music aren’t a waste of time.
Finally, the reading claims that there are many talented writers today, but a lack of audience. In contrast, the lecturer believes that many writers today are hard to understand, for this reason, people prefer doing activities that can provide the same as literature but are easy to understand.
In conclusion, although the reading and the audio are both about people reading less literature, the three main points in the reading are effectively challenged by the lecturer.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 375, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
... literature. Besides, less time reading doesnt mean the population’s knowledge is decl...
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Line 7, column 77, Rule ID: A_LOT_OF_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun audience seems to be countable; consider using: 'a lack of audiences'.
Suggestion: a lack of audiences
...re are many talented writers today, but a lack of audience. In contrast, the lecturer believes tha...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, finally, first, furthermore, however, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, whereas, apart from, in conclusion, in contrast, such as, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 15.1003584229 66% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 9.8082437276 51% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 13.8261648746 65% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.0286738351 109% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 43.0788530466 46% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 52.1666666667 61% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.0752688172 87% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1557.0 1977.66487455 79% => OK
No of words: 290.0 407.700716846 71% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.36896551724 4.8611393121 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12666770723 4.48103885553 92% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73322143367 2.67179642975 102% => OK
Unique words: 156.0 212.727598566 73% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.537931034483 0.524837075471 102% => OK
syllable_count: 468.9 618.680645161 76% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 9.59856630824 10% => OK
Article: 10.0 3.08781362007 324% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.94265232975 40% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 20.6003584229 58% => 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 20.1344086022 119% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.9573322647 48.9658058833 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 129.75 100.406767564 129% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.1666666667 20.6045352989 117% => OK
Discourse Markers: 13.6666666667 5.45110844103 251% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.5376344086 36% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.88709677419 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.119301434848 0.236089414692 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0540359828358 0.076458572812 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0972320427572 0.0737576698707 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0749411668763 0.150856017488 50% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0668812878948 0.0645574589148 104% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.9 11.7677419355 135% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 58.1214874552 81% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 10.1575268817 125% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.16 10.9000537634 130% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.47 8.01818996416 106% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 86.8835125448 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.002688172 115% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.0537634409 115% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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We are expecting: No. of Words: 350 while No. of Different Words: 200
Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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