three possible theories about the purpose and meaning of the carves stone balls
The reading material claims three possible theories about the purpose and meaning of the carves stone balls, while the speaker asserts that none of these theories are convincing.
Firstly, the writer states, due to the holes in the balls and grooves on the surfaces, the carves stone balls might be used as weapons for hunting or fighting. The lecturer refutes this weak argument, mentioning that if these balls had been used as weapons, they should have been pieces of scattered in wars when we find them today. However, the fact is that the carved stone balls were well preserved and they were not damaged before.
Another important point made in the passage is that the balls could be used as part of a primitive complex of weights and measures. The professor does not think this argument hold water tightly. According to her, the masses of these balls were not uniform at all. Actually, The balls were made up of different types of stones, like sandstones; therefore the density of the balls was variable. In other words, the weight of the balls themselves was not the same. So the carved stone balls cannot be the standard unit of measure.
Finally, the author believes that the balls might serve as a social purpose. The professor casts doubt on this point. According to her, most of balls had too simple designs; only a few of them had intricate designs. And it is confirmed that when a high ranking man dead, he would bring some possessions with him to the grave; therefore, if the balls had been the symbols of high social status, they should have been found in graves. Conversely, people today cannot find any carved stone ball in the graves.
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..., while the speaker asserts that none of these theories are convincing. Firs...
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...none of these theories are convincing. Firstly, the writer states, due to the h...
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... the balls was variable. In other words, the weight of the balls themselves was n...
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Message: After 'most of', you should use 'the' ('most of the balls') or simply say ''most balls''.
Suggestion: most of the balls; most balls
... doubt on this point. According to her, most of balls had too simple designs; only a few of t...
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Discourse Markers used:
['actually', 'conversely', 'finally', 'first', 'firstly', 'however', 'if', 'so', 'therefore', 'well', 'while', 'in other words']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.236923076923 0.261695866417 91% => OK
Verbs: 0.16 0.158904122519 101% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0707692307692 0.0723426182421 98% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0523076923077 0.0435111971325 120% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0369230769231 0.0277247811725 133% => OK
Prepositions: 0.132307692308 0.128828473217 103% => OK
Participles: 0.0615384615385 0.0370669169778 166% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.27979881544 2.5805825403 88% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0123076923077 0.0208969081088 59% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.00154638098197 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.138461538462 0.128158765124 108% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0246153846154 0.0158828679856 155% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00615384615385 0.0114777025283 54% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1662.0 1645.83664459 101% => OK
No of words: 288.0 271.125827815 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.77083333333 6.08160592843 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.11953428781 4.04852973271 102% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.3125 0.374372842146 83% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.229166666667 0.287516216867 80% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.145833333333 0.187439937562 78% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.0868055555556 0.113142543107 77% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.27979881544 2.5805825403 88% => OK
Unique words: 161.0 145.348785872 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.559027777778 0.539623497131 104% => OK
Word variations: 57.9289953804 53.8517498576 108% => OK
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0529801325 115% => OK
Sentence length: 19.2 21.7502111507 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.6147102026 49.3711431718 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.8 132.220823453 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.2 21.7502111507 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.8 0.878197800319 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 3.39072847682 118% => OK
Readability: 42.1166666667 50.5018328374 83% => OK
Elegance: 1.72839506173 1.90840788429 91% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.597634215105 0.549887131256 109% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.10977007155 0.142949733639 77% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0668412814524 0.0787303798458 85% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.58812231899 0.631733273073 93% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.188012919561 0.139662658121 135% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.249600655391 0.266732575781 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.159450109174 0.103435571967 154% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.475397967168 0.414875509568 115% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0711050277462 0.0530846634433 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.461014500505 0.40443939384 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.161718632716 0.0528353158467 306% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.26048565121 94% => OK
Positive topic words: 5.0 3.49668874172 143% => OK
Negative topic words: 6.0 3.62251655629 166% => OK
Neutral topic words: 4.0 3.1766004415 126% => OK
Total topic words: 15.0 10.2958057395 146% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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Note: This is not the final score. 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.