The reading and the lecture are both about the functions of some prehistoric paintings attributed to caves in southwestern France. The author of the reading believes that based on the evidence, these paintings were made to ensure a successful hunt. The claims made by the author are challenged by the lecturer. He is of the opinion that none of the explanations made by the author are valid.
First of all, the author suggests that most subjects in the cave paintings are large mammals hunted by the paleolithic people, so probably, these paintings were made for hunting purposes. The lecturer refutes this specific argument. He states that there are animals painted in the cave such as cats and rhinoceros, and people would not hunt such animals.
Secondly, the author posits that human figures in the cave paintings had animals' heads. it is said in the reading that hunters would probably use these heads to disguise themselves. The lecturer, however, believes that there were human figures having animals head with them, but they were not in the hunting positions. He elaborates on this by mentioning that figures were typically horizontal, as if they were sleeping and not busy hunting.
Finally, the author proposes that some cultures used to think that painting an event would help it to happen in reality. The lecturer, on the other hand, argues that the paintings could also have other cultural functions. For example, some people thought their ansistors' spirits lived in some animals' bodies, so they would utilize these paintings in some ceremonial activities.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 89, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: It
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, for example, such as, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 17.0 30.3222958057 56% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 993.0 1373.03311258 72% => OK
No of words: 190.0 270.72406181 70% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.22631578947 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.71268753763 4.04702891845 92% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.45866098729 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 113.0 145.348785872 78% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.594736842105 0.540411800872 110% => OK
syllable_count: 306.0 419.366225166 73% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => 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: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => 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: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.2108855041 49.2860985944 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.3 110.228320801 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.0 21.698381199 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.5 7.06452816374 163% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.299963844191 0.272083759551 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.109430909596 0.0996497079465 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0576711245311 0.0662205650399 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.197339947466 0.162205337803 122% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0416698212816 0.0443174109184 94% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 13.3589403974 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.05 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.98 8.42419426049 107% => OK
difficult_words: 53.0 63.6247240618 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:
para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3
Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).
Don't need a conclusion paragraph.
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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