Toward the end of his life, the Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-1798) wrote a long memoir recounting his life and adventures the Chevalier was a somewhat controversial figure, but since he met many famous people,including kings and writers, his memoir has become a valuable historical source about European society in the eighteenth century. However, some critics have raised doubts about the accuracy of the memoir. They claim that the Chevalier distorted or invented many events in the memoir to make his life seem more exciting and glamorous that it really was.
For example, in his memoir the Chevalier claims that while living in Switzerland, he was very wealthy, and it is known that he spent a great deal of money there on parties and gambling. However, evidence has recently surfaced that the Chevalier borrowed considerable sums of money from a Swiss merchant. Critics thus argue that if the Chevalier had really been very rich, he would not have needed to borrow money.
Critics are also skeptical about the accuracy of the conversations that the Chevalier records in the memoir between himself and the famous writer Voltaire. No one doubts that the Chevalier and Voltaire met and conversed.
However, critics complain that the memoir cannot possibly capture these conversations accurately, because it was written many years after the conversations occurred.
Critics point out that it is impossible to remember exact phrases from extended conversations held many years earlier.
Critics have also questioned the memoir’s account of the Chevalier’s escape from a notorious prison in Venice, Italy. He claims to have escaped the Venetian prison by using a piece of metal to make a hole in the ceiling and climbing through the roof.
Critics claim that while such a daring escape makes for enjoyable reading, it is more likely that the Chevaliers jailers were bribed to free him. They point out that the Chevalier had a number of politically well-connected friends in Venice who could have offered a bribe.
Both the reading and the listening discuss about the memoir written by Chevalier de Seingalt. The writer states that critics thinks the memoir is inaccurate. However, the professor states that the memoir is a very accurate and reliable document, and attacks each of the points made in the reading.
To begin with, the author avers that Chevalier change some things to make life more interesting and exciting. According to the reading, borrowing from Swiss merchants undermines the idea that Chevalier was wealthy. Nevertheless, the lecturer rebuts this point saying that Chevalier was actually wealthy and he did spent money on gambling and parties. Furthermore, when he have nothing to spend, he have to borrow from the Swiss merchants because it will take a long time to convert his assets to money.
Secondly, the reading passage notes that the critics was doubtful about the accuracy of the conversation recorded in the memoir between Chevalier and Voltaire. This specific argument is being challenged by the professor. He contends that Chevalier actually wrote down every conversation he had with Voltaire in a book. Which he referenced when he was about to write the memoir.
Finally, the author brings his argument to a close by saying that Chevalier actually got out of the prison by bribing the officials and that he didn't escape through the ceiling. Nonetheless, the lecturer refutes this claim by stating that some other prisoners have powerful people around them and couldn't bribe themselves out of the prison. He goes on to reveal that after Chevalier escape the prison, someone was called to repair the hole in the ceiling of his room. This eventually won't be done if he didn't escape through the ceiling.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 315, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'did' requires the base form of the verb: 'spend'
Suggestion: spend
...evalier was actually wealthy and he did spent money on gambling and parties. Furtherm...
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Line 3, column 373, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'he' must be used with a third-person verb: 'has'.
Suggestion: has
...bling and parties. Furthermore, when he have nothing to spend, he have to borrow fro...
^^^^
Line 3, column 399, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'he' must be used with a third-person verb: 'has'.
Suggestion: has
...more, when he have nothing to spend, he have to borrow from the Swiss merchants beca...
^^^^
Line 5, column 320, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Which” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...rsation he had with Voltaire in a book. Which he referenced when he was about to writ...
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Line 7, column 145, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...on by bribing the officials and that he didnt escape through the ceiling. Nonetheless...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 298, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: couldn't
...rs have powerful people around them and couldnt bribe themselves out of the prison. He ...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 504, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...oom. This eventually wont be done if he didnt escape through the ceiling.
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, finally, furthermore, however, if, nevertheless, nonetheless, second, secondly, so, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 22.412803532 138% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1445.0 1373.03311258 105% => OK
No of words: 283.0 270.72406181 105% => OK
Chars per words: 5.10600706714 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.10153676581 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57937944414 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 155.0 145.348785872 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.547703180212 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 434.7 419.366225166 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.7260463599 49.2860985944 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.3333333333 110.228320801 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.8666666667 21.698381199 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.46666666667 7.06452816374 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 4.19205298013 167% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.273216503771 0.272083759551 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0896077821063 0.0996497079465 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0487717556394 0.0662205650399 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.156641852125 0.162205337803 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0164456503716 0.0443174109184 37% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.36 12.2367328918 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.16 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 63.6247240618 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => 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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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.