Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific points made in the reading passage
The reading and lecture are both about various news sources that is paper based and internet based. The author of the reading states that although electronic devices are more convenient it has deletorious impact on our health. The lecturer disagrees. He mentions those issues can be stemmed from reading paper as well and attacks each of the claim made in the article.
Firstly, the author begins by stating using electronic gadget hinders our critical thinking as most of the resources are from general people. So, this might not be the authentic one and evetually creates dillusion. The professor believes there are flaws in the writer’s position. He contends that we can obtain numerous content from internet however this is not the case while reading paperst. In addition, paper have very limited information included.
Secondly, according to the reading, electronic devices are detrimental to our health since focusing on the screen are suceptible to severe eye problem. Eventhough there are blue cut screen available it does not prevent rays from from the devices. The speaker on hand points out that it is not the fault of screen on weakening eye but the position of the screen. Besides, having regular break and good position of conputer may help them to shield themself from getting seroius problem of brain and eye.
Finally, the reading passage notes that gadget create addition to the people. To be more precise, it interupt the communication among the people if we are indulging on our devices for long. Passage also asserts that there has been a evidence of showing anxiety and lack of social skiils in the kids using electronic device instead of paper. The professor rebuts this argument. He mentions electronic devices has power to burgeon the critical thinking because it provide aid to varieties of news sources.
As we can see the author and the lecturer holds very conflicting views on advantages of electric gadget. The speaker effectively challenges the writer’s argument.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 228, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...t has deletorious impact on our health. The lecturer disagrees. He mentions those i...
^^^
Line 3, column 182, Rule ID: THERE_RE_MANY[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. Did you mean 'screens'?
Suggestion: screens
... problem. Eventhough there are blue cut screen available it does not prevent rays from...
^^^^^^
Line 3, column 224, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: from
...reen available it does not prevent rays from from the devices. The speaker on hand points...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 231, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...assage also asserts that there has been a evidence of showing anxiety and lack of...
^
Line 4, column 462, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'provides'?
Suggestion: provides
...urgeon the critical thinking because it provide aid to varieties of news sources. As ...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, well, while, in addition
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1679.0 1373.03311258 122% => OK
No of words: 326.0 270.72406181 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15030674847 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24917287072 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56470519708 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 184.0 145.348785872 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.564417177914 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 517.5 419.366225166 123% => 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: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 13.0662251656 153% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.4141112757 49.2860985944 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 83.95 110.228320801 76% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.3 21.698381199 75% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.75 7.06452816374 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.112632366283 0.272083759551 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0326011106457 0.0996497079465 33% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0378760083728 0.0662205650399 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0592970724086 0.162205337803 37% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0473395378167 0.0443174109184 107% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.0 13.3589403974 82% => 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: 12.29 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.98 8.42419426049 107% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 63.6247240618 148% => 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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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 228, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...t has deletorious impact on our health. The lecturer disagrees. He mentions those i...
^^^
Line 3, column 182, Rule ID: THERE_RE_MANY[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. Did you mean 'screens'?
Suggestion: screens
... problem. Eventhough there are blue cut screen available it does not prevent rays from...
^^^^^^
Line 3, column 224, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: from
...reen available it does not prevent rays from from the devices. The speaker on hand points...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 231, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...assage also asserts that there has been a evidence of showing anxiety and lack of...
^
Line 4, column 462, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'provides'?
Suggestion: provides
...urgeon the critical thinking because it provide aid to varieties of news sources. As ...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, well, while, in addition
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1679.0 1373.03311258 122% => OK
No of words: 326.0 270.72406181 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15030674847 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24917287072 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56470519708 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 184.0 145.348785872 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.564417177914 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 517.5 419.366225166 123% => 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: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 13.0662251656 153% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.4141112757 49.2860985944 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 83.95 110.228320801 76% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.3 21.698381199 75% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.75 7.06452816374 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.112632366283 0.272083759551 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0326011106457 0.0996497079465 33% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0378760083728 0.0662205650399 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0592970724086 0.162205337803 37% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0473395378167 0.0443174109184 107% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.0 13.3589403974 82% => 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: 12.29 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.98 8.42419426049 107% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 63.6247240618 148% => 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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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.