avocados

Essay topics:

avocados

Recently, there has been a ton of debate as to what health benefits the avocado possesses. More specifically, in the reading passage, the writer puts forth the idea that they are rich in folic acids, help lower blood pressure, are excellent for pregnant women, and are cheap meat substitutes. However, the lecturer is quick to point out some serious flaws in the writer's claims. While the professor admits that avocados are healthy to a certain extent, they are not only detrimental if consumed in large quantities, but costly for the environment. He addresses, in detail, how the points made by the writer are problematic.

First and foremost, the author points out that avocados are great at reducing blood pressure. Many professionals in the field, however, stand in opposition to this claim. The speaker from the reading, for example, states that the fruit contains 29 grams of fat per piece. So, if people ignore the intake, and simply consume exorbitant amounts of avocado under the premise that it reduces blood pressure, they may actually gain weight. As a result, their blood pressure will increase. This directly refutes the claims made by the writer in the text.

One group of scholars, represented by the writer, also claims that avocados can help reduces the chances of miscarriage in pregnant women, and also prevent neural tube defects. Again, the lecturer does not agree with this claim. He asserts that pregnant women should avoid avocados as they reduce milk supply and damage the mammary glands. Additionally, he goes on to state that avocados increase the sensitivity of the baby's stomach.

Finally, the author sums up his argument by positing that purchasing avocados will help consumers save money, especially if they are vegetarians. Avocados have a fleshy texture similar to meat and seafood, so he states that avocado consumption is a more economic choice, since meat is more expensive than fruits and vegetables. Not surprisingly, the speaker finds fault with this assertion made in the text. He corrects the writer by explaining that avocados are not cheap; for the price of a single avocado, you can actually buy an entire pound of apples or bananas. Further, growing avocados is a very costly process as it requires many gallons of water, consequently depleting the Earth's natural resources.

All in all, it is evident that the author of the text and the lecturer have conflicting opinions about whether avocados are truly a superfood or not. It is clear that they will have trouble finding common ground on this issue.

Votes
Average: 7.5 (1 vote)
Essay Categories

Comments

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 711, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...depleting the Earths natural resources. All in all, it is evident that the autho...
^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, consequently, finally, first, however, if, may, so, while, as to, for example, as a result

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 10.4613686534 163% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 22.412803532 161% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2140.0 1373.03311258 156% => OK
No of words: 421.0 270.72406181 156% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.08313539192 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.52971130743 4.04702891845 112% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61375064636 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 238.0 145.348785872 164% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.565320665083 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 666.9 419.366225166 159% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 3.25607064018 338% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.25165562914 320% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 13.0662251656 168% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.2170385863 49.2860985944 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.2727272727 110.228320801 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.1363636364 21.698381199 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.04545454545 7.06452816374 71% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.393678823178 0.272083759551 145% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.115581372154 0.0996497079465 116% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.111767633837 0.0662205650399 169% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.229926556201 0.162205337803 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.108499350813 0.0443174109184 245% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.04 8.42419426049 107% => OK
difficult_words: 119.0 63.6247240618 187% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?

---------------------
Write the essay in 20 minutes.

Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
---------------------
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.