In the given set of materials, the reading passage and the speaker discusses carved stone balls. Although, their significance has not been discovered, archeologists have proposed several theories to highlight their importance, but the speaker cast aside Each of the author's beliefs as he believes the suggested views were not convincing.
First, the author discusses that the carved stone balls were used as weapons in fights as there are several holes and grooves found, which was meant to swing and throw at the opponent. On the other hand, The speaker highlighted that if there would be evidence of wear if they were weaponized. Arrowheads show a sign of wear at its pointed end. Similarly, there should have been the presence of cracks in curved stone balls, but in reality, there is no evidence of damage found.
Secondly, the speaker suggested that curved stone balls must have served as a primary unit to weigh materials as they present a uniform size. However, the professor highlighted the shortsightedness of the theory as he notes that the stone balls were made from various stones, e.g., sandstone, which are too heavy to be utilized as a weighing unit
Finally, the author supports his claim by mentioning the curbed stone balls had a social purpose. However, the orator weakens the theory by noting that although some of the stones represented a complicated pattern, others were simple in design. Hence, they would represent a personal possession instead of a social symbol.
In conclusion, both the reading passage and the speaker illustrate the importance of carved stone balls. However, the author's weapon theory, weighing and measuring theory, and social symbol theory have been cast aside by the writer as the author's beliefs were found not to be convincing.
In the given set of materials, the reading passage and the speaker discusses carved stone balls. Although, their significance has not been discovered, archeologists have proposed several theories to highlight their importance, but the speaker cast aside Each of the author's beliefs as he believes the suggested views were not convincing.
First, the author discusses that the carved stone balls were used as weapons in fights as there are several holes and grooves found, which was meant to swing and throw at the opponent. On the other hand, The speaker highlighted that if there would be evidence of wear if they were weaponized. Arrowheads show a sign of wear at its pointed end. Similarly, there should have been the presence of cracks in curved stone balls, but in reality, there is no evidence of damage found.
Secondly, the speaker suggested that curved stone balls must have served as a primary unit to weigh materials as they present a uniform size. However, the professor highlighted the shortsightedness of the theory as he notes that the stone balls were made from various stones, e.g., sandstone, which are too heavy to be utilized as a weighing unit
Finally, the author supports his claim by mentioning the curbed stone balls had a social purpose. However, the orator weakens the theory by noting that although some of the stones represented a complicated pattern, others were simple in design. Hence, they would represent a personal possession instead of a social symbol.
In conclusion, both the reading passage and the speaker illustrate the importance of carved stone balls. However, the author's weapon theory, weighing and measuring theory, and social symbol theory have been cast aside by the writer as the author's beliefs were found not to be convincing.
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- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is better for people to choose jobs that come with high salaries even though they do not enjoy doing it than to choose jobs that they enjoy but come with low salaries 90
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement In order to become financially responsible adults children should learn to manage their own money at a young age 76
- Car manufacturers and governments have been eagerly seeking a replacement for the automobile s main source of power the internal combustion engine By far the most promising alternative source of energy for cars is the hydrogen based fuel cell engine which 80
- When teachers assign projects on which students must work together the students learn much more effectively than when they are asked to work alone on projects 86
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 347, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... heavy to be utilized as a weighing unit Finally, the author supports his claim b...
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Line 7, column 162, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...kens the theory by noting that although some of the stones represented a complicated patter...
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Line 9, column 119, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...nce of carved stone balls. However, the authors weapon theory, weighing and measuring t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, e.g., finally, first, hence, however, if, second, secondly, similarly, so, in conclusion, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 14.0 22.412803532 62% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1499.0 1373.03311258 109% => OK
No of words: 291.0 270.72406181 107% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15120274914 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13022058845 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66148928797 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 153.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.525773195876 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 452.7 419.366225166 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 69.1822773548 49.2860985944 140% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.916666667 110.228320801 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.25 21.698381199 112% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.33333333333 7.06452816374 132% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.427349152164 0.272083759551 157% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.149269971774 0.0996497079465 150% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.135566536541 0.0662205650399 205% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.248856659621 0.162205337803 153% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.202317056624 0.0443174109184 457% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.0 13.3589403974 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 53.8541721854 87% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.0289183223 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.89 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.73 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 63.6247240618 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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