Carved stone balls artifacts
The reading and the lecture are about the carved stone ball artifact and their use. The author of the reading feels that there are many different theories of carved balls and their use. The lecturer challenges the claims made by the author and proves in the subsequent paragraphs.
First of all, the writer posits that the carved stone balls were used for hunting and fighting because they have many holes and grooves. However, the professor counteracts and states that common Neolithic period weapons generally show signs of wear. Additionally, she mentions that if they were used for fighting, then there might be many cracks on balls, but there were no cracks and were very well preserved. This proves that carved stone balls were not used for hunting and fighting.
Secondly, the author says that carved stone balls were used for weighing. They also represented some unit of measure. On the other hand, the tutor mentions that stone balls were made of different types of stone such as sandstone, quartz. Each stone has a different density, no two balls are made of the same material. Thus, this shows that they were not used as primitive weighing systems.
Finally, the passage provides that stone balls were used as a symbol for social status. The lecturer refutes this by saying that, some balls are with intricate patterns and some are very simple to be like status symbols. For example, if they were represented as social symbols then actual possessions must be buried if someone dies, but they didn't find any kind of possessions in their tombs or graves. This clearly shows that they were not used as social symbols.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 132, Rule ID: NUMEROUS_DIFFERENT[1]
Message: Use simply 'many'.
Suggestion: many
...hor of the reading feels that there are many different theories of carved balls and their use....
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Line 1, column 187, 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.
...theories of carved balls and their use. The lecturer challenges the claims made by ...
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Line 5, column 239, Rule ID: EACH_EVERY_NNS[1]
Message: 'Each' and 'every' are used with singular. Did you mean 'all'?
Suggestion: All
...pes of stone such as sandstone, quartz. Each stone has a different density, no two b...
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Line 7, column 343, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...ust be buried if someone dies, but they didnt find any kind of possessions in their t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, then, thus, well, for example, kind of, such as, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 10.4613686534 182% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 19.0 30.3222958057 63% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1359.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 276.0 270.72406181 102% => OK
Chars per words: 4.92391304348 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07593519647 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.2578802004 2.5805825403 87% => OK
Unique words: 136.0 145.348785872 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.492753623188 0.540411800872 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 410.4 419.366225166 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.1281897381 49.2860985944 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.9375 110.228320801 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.25 21.698381199 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.875 7.06452816374 126% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.329524250205 0.272083759551 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.143862002998 0.0996497079465 144% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.157636228493 0.0662205650399 238% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.235644124469 0.162205337803 145% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.104065987605 0.0443174109184 235% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.4 13.3589403974 78% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.96 12.2367328918 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.91 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 60.0 63.6247240618 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 65.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 19.5 Out of 30
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