Plain of jars TPO 59 | TOEFL IELTS GMAT GRE SAT ACT PTE ESL

Essay topics

The main topic of both the reading and the lecture is the Plain of Jars. The reading suggests three theories about the function of the jars. However, the lecturer refutes the reading's opinions citing three reasons which will be illustrated in the susequent paragraphs.
First of all, according to the reading, the jars could be utilized for fermentation. Nevertheless, the lecturer opposses this idea and contends that building stone jars is hard and time consuming, and, on the other hand, clay jars could be used for the same purpose. He goes on to say that clay jars were easier to built as well. Thus, with this in mind, it is unlikely that stone jars were used for fermentation.
Secondly, the author argues that since Laos sometimes underwent drought, the jars could be used as water containers to provide water needed for merchants and traders who passed ancient trade routes. Conversely, the speaker claims that there were some rivers and streams adjacent to the routes. Therefore, ancient people did not need to construct water containers.
Finally, the reading claims that because the jars were huge, they could be used as tombs. The author says that the objects found in the jars are valuable and since it was a custome to bury the dead near priceless items, these jars were tombs. In contrast, the lecturer asserts that tombs needed some cover to protect the dead person but, there was no cover found on or near the jars. Hence, this theory can not be valid.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, finally, first, hence, however, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, well, as to, in contrast, first of all, on the other hand

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 : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 16.0 22.412803532 71% => OK
Preposition: 25.0 30.3222958057 82% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1222.0 1373.03311258 89% => OK
No of words: 252.0 270.72406181 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.84920634921 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98428260373 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.3606542175 2.5805825403 91% => OK
Unique words: 138.0 145.348785872 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.547619047619 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 358.2 419.366225166 85% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 46.341676927 49.2860985944 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 87.2857142857 110.228320801 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.0 21.698381199 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.3571428571 7.06452816374 161% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.371016034438 0.272083759551 136% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.125325931541 0.0996497079465 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0824002008777 0.0662205650399 124% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.208473623486 0.162205337803 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0969181296021 0.0443174109184 219% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.4 13.3589403974 78% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 70.13 53.8541721854 130% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.9 11.0289183223 72% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.55 12.2367328918 86% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.79 8.42419426049 92% => OK
difficult_words: 52.0 63.6247240618 82% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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Essay evaluations by e-grader

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, finally, first, hence, however, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, well, as to, in contrast, first of all, on the other hand

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