Robert E. Peary was a well-known adventurer and arctic explorer who in 1909 set out to reach the North Pole. When he returned from the expedition, he claimed to have reached the pole on April 7, 1909. This report made him into an international celebrity. Though some historians have expressed doubts that Peary did in fact reach the North Pole, three arguments provide strong support for the truth of Peary's claim.
First, the National Geographic Society put together a committee that was instructed to conduct a thorough investigation of Peary's records and equipment. At the end of the investigation, the committee concluded that Peary's accounts were consistent and persuasive and declared that he had indeed reached the North Pole.
Second, a recent expedition provides support for Peary's claim that he reached the North Pole in only 37 days after setting out from Ellesmere Island off the coast of Greenland. Skeptics used to argue that Peary could not have traveled that fast, since even modern snowmobiles take longer to cover the same distance. However, a British explorer named Tom Avery recently made the same trek in less than 37 days. In fact, Avery used the same kind of dogsled and the same number and breed of dogs as Peary had. Thus, Peary's claims are not impossible, and he very well might have been telling the truth.
Third, there are photographs taken by Peary that support his claim to have reached the North Pole. Measuring the shadows in Peary's photographs makes it possible to calculate the Sun's position in the sky. The Sun's position established from the photographs corresponds exactly to the Sun's position as it should have been at the North Pole on that day. This provides strong evidence that Peary reached the North Pole and took the photographs there.
The reading passage and the listening discuss about the fact whether Peary reached the North Pole. Despite that, the professor reckons there is no solid evidence to support Peary's claim. She casts doubt on every single point the reading make and provide details to support her idea in the lecture.
To begin with, the reading suggests that the National Geographic Society investigated Peary's relevant records and concluded he had actually visited the North Pole. However, the lecturer argues that the committee from the National Geographic Society was not objective because they were Peary's friends. They funded Peary's trip. Hence, they were possible to make bias declaration. Apparently, the professor can not give a nod to the author in terms of the first point.
Secondly, about the duration of the 37 days to reach the North Pole, the writer pointed out that reaching the North Pole in less than 37 days is possible as a British explorer called Tom Avery proved it already. The speaker, on the other hand, claims that the Avery took less weight during his journey as the resources were provided on the way and the food was transported by airplane while Peary experienced in an unfavorable condition. Therefore, she can not support Peary's claims.
In addition, the author indicates that photographs support Peary's experience whereas the professor believes the photos can not measure the exact location. Moreover, the photos are already faded away. Thus, the shallow couldn't calculate the Sun's location accurately. It is obvious that the professor disproves its counterpart in the reading.
To sum up, the writer and the speaker hold conflicting views on this topic.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 219, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: couldn't
...e already faded away. Thus, the shallow couldnt calculate the Suns location accurately....
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, apparently, first, hence, however, moreover, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, whereas, while, in addition, to begin with, to sum up, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1412.0 1373.03311258 103% => OK
No of words: 271.0 270.72406181 100% => OK
Chars per words: 5.21033210332 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.05734859645 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.51738417351 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 163.0 145.348785872 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.60147601476 0.540411800872 111% => OK
syllable_count: 424.8 419.366225166 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => 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: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 57.7077429272 49.2860985944 117% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.25 110.228320801 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.9375 21.698381199 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.375 7.06452816374 147% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => 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: 0.185174243781 0.272083759551 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0477864394481 0.0996497079465 48% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0570155799033 0.0662205650399 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0853687033702 0.162205337803 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0606537780999 0.0443174109184 137% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 13.3589403974 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.64 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.92 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 63.6247240618 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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