The article states that people, especially young people, are reading far less literature - novels, plays and poems, than they used to. The article provides three reasons to support the same. The speaker, however disagrees with the article and refutes each of the reasons provided.
First, the article says that there has been a sharp decline in book reading and it is unfortunate because literature is responsible for providing us the intellectual stimulation that cannot be provided by any other form. The speaker refutes this point by saying that something does not have to be literature to be stimulating enough. She provides examples of history, science and others that can be equally stimulating. Thus, the speaker concludes that claiming literature to be the only intellectually demanding experience is rather presumptuous of the article.
Second, the article posits that the level of culture in general has been on the decline. To bolster the argument, the article argues that since people are not reading literature they're reading self-help books that are superficially, poorly written, and are not intellectually demanding. The speaker expresses her disapproval of the statement by saying that spending less time with literature does not necessarily mean that the level of culture is declining. There are many other forms of entertainment like listening to music or watching a movie. The speaker argues that listening to a stimulating music or watching a captivating movie is not a waste of time, and thus, concludes that the level of culture has not lowered.
Third, the reading states that this decline in reading is more regrettable because it is taking place in a time when good literature is being written. The speaker contradicts the argument by saying that the author is more at fault than the reader. The speaker goes on to say that modern literature is more difficult to understand. Thus, the speaker argues that the decline in reading is not due to poor standards of today's readers but instead could attributed to a fault of the author.
In conclusion, the speaker does not agree with the article and provides convincing arguments to defend her claims.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 192, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...ides three reasons to support the same. The speaker, however disagrees with the art...
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Line 5, column 179, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: they're
...since people are not reading literature theyre reading self-help books that are superf...
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Line 7, column 450, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'could' requires the base form of the verb: 'attribute'
Suggestion: attribute
...rds of todays readers but instead could attributed to a fault of the author. In conclus...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, second, so, third, thus, in conclusion, in general
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 15.1003584229 159% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 9.8082437276 31% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 13.8261648746 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.0286738351 163% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 43.0788530466 60% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 52.1666666667 81% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.0752688172 87% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1831.0 1977.66487455 93% => OK
No of words: 352.0 407.700716846 86% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.20170454545 4.8611393121 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.33147354134 4.48103885553 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82688321097 2.67179642975 106% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 212.727598566 79% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.477272727273 0.524837075471 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 569.7 618.680645161 92% => 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: 15.0 3.08781362007 486% => 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: 17.0 20.6003584229 83% => 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: 20.0 20.1344086022 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.7504421892 48.9658058833 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.705882353 100.406767564 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.7058823529 20.6045352989 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.41176470588 5.45110844103 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 11.8709677419 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88709677419 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.141953730365 0.236089414692 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0447137741165 0.076458572812 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0755327682827 0.0737576698707 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0779843339406 0.150856017488 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0576005167916 0.0645574589148 89% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 11.7677419355 114% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 58.1214874552 88% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 10.1575268817 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.88 10.9000537634 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.9 8.01818996416 99% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 86.8835125448 84% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.002688172 120% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.0537634409 99% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.247311828 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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We are expecting: No. of Words: 350 while No. of Different Words: 200
Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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