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

The speaker argues that all the theories behind the use of the stones found in Scotland from Neolithic age are false. This calls into question the reading that gives three speculations of the the use of these stones.

According to the speaker, the stones could not have been used as weapons as there are no signs of wear and tear on these stones, unlike on arrows and axes that were the weapons used in this age. The stones found are well preserved. This goes against the reading which states that the holes and the grooves on the surface indicate that the stone could have been tied to a string and whirled around to be used as a weapon.

Also, the from the lecture we know that these stones are made up different materials that have different densities. As the sizes of these artifacts are almost the same, their weights vary according to their densities. Thus they are unfit to be used as a weighing balance for trade. Whereas, the reading implies that as were of the same size it can be inferred that they were used as a weight measure. It does not discuss the different type of material used in making these balls.

Finally the speaker contends that the exclavated carved balls were possibly not priced pocessions of the owners. This is because of two reasons. First is that some of the markings are severly simple to be of any importance. The second is that during those times the pocessions of the person were burried with him. However these stones are not found in graves or tombs, and so the this theory is ousted. This contradicts the reading which claims,on the basis of few stones that have ornate designs on them, that they represented the higher social standing of their owers.

Thus the speaker debunks each theory by giving a credible argument agains it.

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Average: 7.6 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 189, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...eading that gives three speculations of the the use of these stones. According to th...
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Line 1, column 189, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...eading that gives three speculations of the the use of these stones. According to th...
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Line 5, column 11, Rule ID: FROM_FORM[3]
Message: Did you mean 'form'?
Suggestion: form
...nd to be used as a weapon. Also, the from the lecture we know that these stones a...
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Line 5, column 219, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...ghts vary according to their densities. Thus they are unfit to be used as a weighing...
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Line 7, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Finally,
...material used in making these balls. Finally the speaker contends that the exclavate...
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Line 7, column 160, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: some
...s because of two reasons. First is that some of the markings are severly simple to be of an...
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Line 7, column 315, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...ns of the person were burried with him. However these stones are not found in graves or...
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Line 7, column 377, Rule ID: DT_DT[2]
Message: Maybe you need to remove the second determiner so that only 'the' or 'this' is left.
Suggestion: the; this
...re not found in graves or tombs, and so the this theory is ousted. This contradicts the ...
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Line 7, column 445, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , on
...his contradicts the reading which claims,on the basis of few stones that have ornat...
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Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...gher social standing of their owers. Thus the speaker debunks each theory by givi...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'finally', 'first', 'however', 'if', 'second', 'so', 'thus', 'well', 'whereas']

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

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.211143695015 0.261695866417 81% => OK
Verbs: 0.199413489736 0.158904122519 125% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0469208211144 0.0723426182421 65% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0351906158358 0.0435111971325 81% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0351906158358 0.0277247811725 127% => OK
Prepositions: 0.155425219941 0.128828473217 121% => OK
Participles: 0.0703812316716 0.0370669169778 190% => Less participles wanted.
Conjunctions: 2.22608734164 2.5805825403 86% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0175953079179 0.0208969081088 84% => OK
Particles: 0.00293255131965 0.00154638098197 190% => OK
Determiners: 0.16715542522 0.128158765124 130% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.00879765395894 0.0158828679856 55% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0175953079179 0.0114777025283 153% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1778.0 1645.83664459 108% => OK
No of words: 315.0 271.125827815 116% => OK
Chars per words: 5.64444444444 6.08160592843 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21286593061 4.04852973271 104% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.320634920635 0.374372842146 86% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.209523809524 0.287516216867 73% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.114285714286 0.187439937562 61% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.0603174603175 0.113142543107 53% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.22608734164 2.5805825403 86% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 145.348785872 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514285714286 0.539623497131 95% => OK
Word variations: 52.5881753121 53.8517498576 98% => OK
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0529801325 130% => OK
Sentence length: 18.5294117647 21.7502111507 85% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.6535297179 49.3711431718 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.588235294 132.220823453 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5294117647 21.7502111507 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.588235294118 0.878197800319 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 3.39072847682 295% => Correct essay format wanted or double check grammar & spelling issues after essay writing.
Readability: 39.4817927171 50.5018328374 78% => OK
Elegance: 1.61956521739 1.90840788429 85% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.711840851862 0.549887131256 129% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.125414411254 0.142949733639 88% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0613263580333 0.0787303798458 78% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.619636496519 0.631733273073 98% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.19536306407 0.139662658121 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.309998427494 0.266732575781 116% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.106054556225 0.103435571967 103% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.387137177852 0.414875509568 93% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.148240605737 0.0530846634433 279% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.452010910335 0.40443939384 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.169583764388 0.0528353158467 321% => Less connections among paragraphs

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.26048565121 211% => Less neutral sentences wanted.
Positive topic words: 2.0 3.49668874172 57% => OK
Negative topic words: 4.0 3.62251655629 110% => OK
Neutral topic words: 6.0 3.1766004415 189% => OK
Total topic words: 12.0 10.2958057395 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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