TPO 33 Integrate writing : Carved stone balls are a curious type of artifact found at a number of locations in Scotland. They date from the late Neolithic period, around 4,000 years ago. They are round in shape; they were carved from several types of ston

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TPO 33 Integrate writing : Carved stone balls are a curious type of artifact found at a number of locations in Scotland. They date from the late Neolithic period, around 4,000 years ago. They are round in shape; they were carved from several types of ston

Based on the given material, the lecture, as well as the reading passage, discuss the authority of three hypotheses about the purpose of four thousand years old carved balls found in Scotland. The reading passage provides three theories to explain their viable functions. That been said, the lecturer repudiates these claims.

First, the author says that the carved balls were used as weapons to hunt or to fight due to the holes in them, which were functioned to swing and throw the balls. On the other hand, the lecturer claims that if the balls had been used as weapons, they should have cracked or broken surfaces. So they did not have fighting intentions.

Second, the writer proclaims that the balls had the measuring application and were used to weight quantities of grain or other food for the purpose of trade, owing to the fact that they have virtually uniform size and were interchangeable. Yet again, the speaker asserts that although the balls are of similar size, the mass of the balls varied a lot due to the different types of stones of which they were carved, such as sandstone or greenstone. The lecturer continues with an example of a handful of feathers and a handful of stones which have similar sizes but different masses.

The final point of contention between the lecture and the reading passage is about the function of marking different social classes. The writer declares that some balls have elaborated designs and served a social purpose to mark the great social status of their owners. However, the lecturer proclaims that since none of the balls has been found in graves, they could not have been used to emphasize social classes, owing to the fact that the people who used these balls, buried high-ranked persons with their possessions. Thus, it is not plausible that the balls were social markers.

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Average: 8.3 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 10, column 134, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...on of marking different social classes. The writer declares that some balls have el...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, second, so, thus, well, such as, as well as, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1535.0 1373.03311258 112% => OK
No of words: 311.0 270.72406181 115% => OK
Chars per words: 4.93569131833 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.19942759058 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.41069222836 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 159.0 145.348785872 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.511254019293 0.540411800872 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 448.2 419.366225166 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 66.6824143137 49.2860985944 135% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.076923077 110.228320801 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.9230769231 21.698381199 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.69230769231 7.06452816374 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => 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: 0.458155583646 0.272083759551 168% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.152773625091 0.0996497079465 153% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0822450597116 0.0662205650399 124% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.260693648908 0.162205337803 161% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0795236816059 0.0443174109184 179% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.8 13.3589403974 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 65.05 53.8541721854 121% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.67 12.2367328918 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.38 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => 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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