TPO-33 - Integrated Writing Task 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 o

In this set of material, the reading passage suggests three main purposes of the making of carved stone balls. However, the lecturer finds all of this idea dubious and skeptical and unlikely to happen and refutes them all.

First of all, the reading passage claims that carved stone balls were used as weapons in hunting or fighting because some of them have holes and grooves on their surfaces. On the contrary, the professor refutes this idea by explaining that if the balls were used as weapon, there would be cracked and had signs of damage. But the the surfaces of balls were very well preserved. Hence, this idea cannot be a logical solution.

Furthermore, the reading passage posses that the carved stone balls might be used as a part of primitive system of weights and measures as they all have the same size. Conversely, the professor opposites this idea by explaining that the balls were have the same size, but made from different materials with different densities. So, they may have the same size, however, their weights were completely different. Therefore, this idea cannot solve the problem.

Finally, it was mentioned in the reading passage that one of the promising proposes of the carved stone balls that they were served a social purposes as in contrast to a practical or utiliarian one, as the balls were have elaborated designs and they might marked the important social status of their owners. In contrast, the professor refutes this point by saying that carved stone balls were very simple and it was improbable to be the marked sights of famous people. In addition, it is known that the regarded people were buried with their objects. But none of the balls were found in the graves with the bodies. Thus, this idea will not assist the real purpose.

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Average: 6.6 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 327, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...be cracked and had signs of damage. But the the surfaces of balls were very well preser...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 327, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...be cracked and had signs of damage. But the the surfaces of balls were very well preser...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 249, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'had'.
Suggestion: had
... idea by explaining that the balls were have the same size, but made from different ...
^^^^
Line 7, column 218, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'had'.
Suggestion: had
...al or utiliarian one, as the balls were have elaborated designs and they might marke...
^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, finally, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, so, therefore, thus, well, in addition, in contrast, first of all, in contrast to, on the contrary

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 10.4613686534 163% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 29.0 22.412803532 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1479.0 1373.03311258 108% => OK
No of words: 304.0 270.72406181 112% => OK
Chars per words: 4.86513157895 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17559525986 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.34223231101 2.5805825403 91% => OK
Unique words: 144.0 145.348785872 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.473684210526 0.540411800872 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 456.3 419.366225166 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 68.4226733051 49.2860985944 139% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.6 110.228320801 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2666666667 21.698381199 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.2666666667 7.06452816374 159% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.45875866143 0.272083759551 169% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.156406087842 0.0996497079465 157% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.124570627635 0.0662205650399 188% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.287622179318 0.162205337803 177% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.107500361423 0.0443174109184 243% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 13.3589403974 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.97 12.2367328918 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.11 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 63.6247240618 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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