TPO-05 - Integrated Writing Task As early as the twelfth century A.D., the settlements of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico in the American Southwest were notable for their "great houses," massive stone buildings that contain hundreds of rooms and often stand th

The lecturer doubts three arguments presented in the reading that explain the uses of Chaco Canyon settlment's building.

First, although it has large architecture in the outside, the fact show that there is no evidence that the buildings were used for residential purpose inside the buildings. There were less fireplace inside it which will be not sufficient for a hundred families to live in that buildings.

Second, according to the passage, Chaco structures were used to store food supplies. However, the lecturer refutes by saying that the evidence did not support it. He says that there were no big container for storing food inside the building. Also, there were no more trace that can support this theory.

Third, the reading asserts that there was another building close to the house which is used for special ceremony. Nevertheless, the professor disputes this argument. He explains that the building, called Pueblo Alto, was used to store building materials leftovers like stones, sand, and construction tools. Moreover, a large number of broken pots that was revealed in excavations were supposed used by the builders.

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Average: 6.6 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 167, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'He' must be used with a third-person verb: 'gives'.
Suggestion: gives
...he professor disputes this argument. He give explanation that the building, called P...
^^^^
Line 5, column 312, Rule ID: LARGE_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, or simply use 'many' or 'numerous'
Suggestion: many; numerous
...sand, and construction tools. Moreover, a large number of broken pots that was revealed in excava...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, moreover, nevertheless, second, so, third

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 1.0 7.30242825607 14% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 16.0 22.412803532 71% => OK
Preposition: 15.0 30.3222958057 49% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 921.0 1373.03311258 67% => OK
No of words: 172.0 270.72406181 64% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.35465116279 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.62144681703 4.04702891845 89% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.59994253587 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 108.0 145.348785872 74% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.627906976744 0.540411800872 116% => OK
syllable_count: 280.8 419.366225166 67% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.0140952795 49.2860985944 69% => OK
Chars per sentence: 83.7272727273 110.228320801 76% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.6363636364 21.698381199 72% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.72727272727 7.06452816374 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.316414734666 0.272083759551 116% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.114844403938 0.0996497079465 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0573818791976 0.0662205650399 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.209546726057 0.162205337803 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.00938403877991 0.0443174109184 21% => 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: 11.6 13.3589403974 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.25 53.8541721854 104% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.45 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 50.0 63.6247240618 79% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.498013245 76% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:

para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3

Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).

Don't need a conclusion paragraph.

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Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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