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 north pole. 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
In the lecture, the professor states how that there is no solid evidence support that the well-known adventurer Robert Peary reached the pole north in 1909. However, this casts doubt on the reading which provides three proof of support to Peary’s claim.
To begin with, the speaker claims that the committee investigation is not objective. In fact, the committee member were pear’s friends which funded his trip. As a result, their judgment could be biased. Moreover, Peary himself admitted that the investigation was not through because they conducted it for two days. This refutes text claims that the committee concluded that Peary’s accounts were consistent and persuasive and declared that he had indeed reached the North Pole.
In addition, the professor asserts that Tom Avery’s mimicking trip to Peary is not convincing. Indeed, Avery’s travelled in different conditions than Peary. For instance, Avery’s slides were lighter because his food was dropped by airplane. Furthermore, Pear’s travelled in harsher conditions, but Avery travelled in a suitable condition; as a result, the result cannot be taken into account. This contradicts the reading which states that Tom’s was able to reach the north in 37 day which supports Peary’s claim.
Finally, the speaker asserts that the picture was taking by Peary when he reached the North Pole cannot be a reliable evidence. In fact, the photo became faded, unfocused, and fuzzy with time. Hence, it’s impossible to calculate the sun’s position because the photo is not precise. This opposes the reading which states that the photo gives a strong support to Peary’s claim.
In conclusion, the lecturer the speaker disagrees with the article on all three points, and believes the text lacks credibility.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, furthermore, hence, however, if, moreover, so, well, for instance, in addition, in conclusion, in fact, as a result, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1551.0 1373.03311258 113% => OK
No of words: 280.0 270.72406181 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.53928571429 5.08290768461 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09062348924 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83329106611 2.5805825403 110% => OK
Unique words: 154.0 145.348785872 106% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.55 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 448.2 419.366225166 107% => 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: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 33.6960770051 49.2860985944 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.2352941176 110.228320801 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.4705882353 21.698381199 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.47058823529 7.06452816374 120% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.206757896803 0.272083759551 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0684854535611 0.0996497079465 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0917769153723 0.0662205650399 139% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.124216180641 0.162205337803 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0843243793071 0.0443174109184 190% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 13.3589403974 97% => OK
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: 14.56 12.2367328918 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.83 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 63.6247240618 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => 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: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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