The reading and the lecturer are both about the clay jars that are found in Iraq. The author of the reading states that the archaeologist proposed the vessels which are used to produce electric currents, but the author feels it was not possible to produce currents by using vessels and provides three reasons for support. However, the lecturer refutes each of the author's points by saying none of the reasons are convincing.
First, the article claims that there is no evidence that the vessels are used as batteries because they are not attached to the electric conductors as metal wires. However, the professor refutes this point by saying that the vessels are created by the local people rather than the archeologists. Hence, they might not recognize the material and have unintentionally thrown that material.
Second, the copper cylinders in the jars looked similar to the Seleucia ruins which are used to hold the scrolls of the text. On the other hand, the lecturer opposed this point by saying that it might be true, but the copper cylinder that was surrounded by iron can also produce electricity if it was filled with some liquid. Hence, it would adapt to do another task.
Third, the text conveys that the batteries could not be used for the ancient people because there are no devices that relied on the electricity. Nevertheless, the professor says that these vessels can be used as shocks and magical powers for the people which can reduce or cure the body pains.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, however, if, look, nevertheless, second, so, third, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 22.0 30.3222958057 73% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1235.0 1373.03311258 90% => OK
No of words: 252.0 270.72406181 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.90079365079 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98428260373 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.44589667746 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 130.0 145.348785872 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.515873015873 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 377.1 419.366225166 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => 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: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.914089111 49.2860985944 107% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.272727273 110.228320801 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.9090909091 21.698381199 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.54545454545 7.06452816374 121% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => 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: 0.356874295881 0.272083759551 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.123132901848 0.0996497079465 124% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0759070568854 0.0662205650399 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.203431123616 0.162205337803 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0281638913727 0.0443174109184 64% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 53.8541721854 107% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.44 12.2367328918 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.92 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 51.0 63.6247240618 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25 Out of 30
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