tpo 28
Robert E. Peary was a well-known adventurer and arctic explorer who in 1909 set out to reach the North Pole. When he returned from the expedition, he claimed to have reached the pole on April 7, 1909. This report made him into an international celebrity. Though some historians have expressed doubts that Peary did in fact reach the North Pole, three arguments provide strong support for the truth of Peary’s claim.
The reading and lecture are both about Robert E. Peary who was an arctic explorer and claimed that he reached the North Pole. The author of the reading presents some strong evidence that supports Robert's claim. However, the lecturer challenged the claim made by the author. He is on the opinion that there is no solid evidence of Robert's claim and the reasons are unconvincing.
To begin with, the author argues that the National Geographic Society conducted a committee where they investigated the record and instrument used by Robert. The specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. He mentions that the committee was not objective. Moreover, Robert's friend involved with the investigation and also they did not examine the data and instrument carefully. Besides, the investigation was only for two days and his friend may be somehow biased.
Second, the writer suggests that recently a British explorer who travelled the North Pole in less than 37 days. He also claims that the type of dogsled and breed of dogs he used was the same as Robert's. However, the lecturer rebuts this by mentioning that Tom Avery's sled weight was less than Robert's. He also states that Tom Avery dropped some of the food in the middle of the path and his food was provided from the plane.
Third, the author posits that the photographs clearly proved that he reached at the North Pole because from the photographs the sun position was clearly visible. He also additionally says that the position of the sun in the same as today's position. In contrast, the lecturer position is that photographs did not prove anything because that time camera was fuzzy and unfocused. He also notes that from these photographs it is difficult to measure and calculate the sun's position.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 341, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
.... He also states that Tom Avery dropped some of the food in the middle of the path and his ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, however, if, may, moreover, second, so, third, as to, in contrast, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 22.412803532 138% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 25.0 30.3222958057 82% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 5.01324503311 239% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1465.0 1373.03311258 107% => OK
No of words: 296.0 270.72406181 109% => OK
Chars per words: 4.94932432432 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14784890444 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56934504619 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 152.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.513513513514 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 451.8 419.366225166 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 32.3985596388 49.2860985944 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 81.3888888889 110.228320801 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.4444444444 21.698381199 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.55555555556 7.06452816374 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.395205826708 0.272083759551 145% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.117891670483 0.0996497079465 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.113626880673 0.0662205650399 172% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.218042150026 0.162205337803 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0758277445686 0.0443174109184 171% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.1 13.3589403974 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 53.8541721854 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.13 12.2367328918 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.32 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 63.6247240618 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 10.7273730684 51% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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