Both the lecture and the reading, discussing the theories that concern the meaning of the carved rocks. The professor in the lecture explains some reasons that the theories are unconvincing.
At first, the professor believes that the rocks could not have been used as weapons. Because ancient weapons usually had hand access or narrow head, but any of these rocks has the sign of war. Also, the surface of these rocks was preserved, hence they should not have been used as a weapon that contradicts the point in the passage that states the stones were for fighting.
The second point that the professor points out is that they were not a part of a primitive system because they have different densities. The professor expresses that although the rocks have the same sizes, but they consist of different materials and have diverse weights. This argumentation challenges the second theory in the passage.
Finally, the professor acclaims that it is unlikely that these rocks were a kind of social marker. She proposes two reasons for casting doubt on the third theory in the passage. At first, a few of the rocks have intricate patterns and most of them are simple; then none of them have found in graves or other related places.
All in all, the professor explains the deficiencies of the three theories that are proposed for the meaning of the carved stones.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 109, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[10]
Message: The adverb 'usually' is usually put between 'had' and 'hand'.
Suggestion: had usually hand
...sed as weapons. Because ancient weapons usually had hand access or narrow head, but any of these...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, hence, if, second, so, then, third, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => 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: 1133.0 1373.03311258 83% => OK
No of words: 232.0 270.72406181 86% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.88362068966 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.90276135726 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.4363440123 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Unique words: 119.0 145.348785872 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.512931034483 0.540411800872 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 337.5 419.366225166 80% => 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: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 32.1207573939 49.2860985944 65% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.4166666667 110.228320801 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3333333333 21.698381199 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.83333333333 7.06452816374 83% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.242964630662 0.272083759551 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.086950794602 0.0996497079465 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0531800298546 0.0662205650399 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.123346698542 0.162205337803 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0437983925958 0.0443174109184 99% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.2 13.3589403974 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.02 12.2367328918 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.25 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 54.0 63.6247240618 85% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.