TPO 44- In 1957 a European silver coin dating to the eleventh century was discovered at a Native American archaeological site in the state of Maine in the United States. Many people believed the coin had been originally brought to North America by European explorers known as the Norse, who traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and came into contact with Native Americans almost a thousand years ago.
However, some archaeologists believe that the coin is not a genuine piece of historical evidence but a historical fake; they think that the coin was placed at the site recently by someone who wanted to mislead the public. There are three main reasons why some archaeologists believe that the coin is not genuine historical evidence.
The reading and lecture are both about the discovery of European silver coin in an archaelogical site in Maine, United States. The author of the reading believes that the artifact found in Maine has no genuine historical value. However, the lecturer casts doubts about the claims made in the article, saying that the coin were not fake and its a real representation of genuine evidence from Norse when they came in contact with North America.
First of all, the author points out that distance from Norse settlement are far from where the coin is discovered. The article notes that the distance from Canada and North America are thousand kilometers away from each other and there are no connection with the settlement. Conversely, the point is challenged by the lecturer. She says that many objects from North America came from other far places. Furthermore, she argues that Native American travel great distance and it is possible to acquire different possessions from their travel. In addition, when they reach the settlement of Norse in Canada they can get the coin and bring it back to Maine.
Secondly, the author contends that there are no other coins found at the place where Norse inhabited. The article establishes that they did not bring the silver coins to their expedition in North America. On the contrary, the lecturer rebuts this argument. She suggests that Norse has no permanent settlement and they pack up all their valuables including the silver coins. Moreover, she elaborates on this by mentioning that they brought the coins with them and travel back to Europe. Thus, this standpoint contradicts the passage.
Finally, the author states that there is no purpose for Norse to bring silver coins to their travel to North America. The article denotes that Norse are aware that Native Americans did not know silver coin has monetary value. The lecturer, on the other hand, posits that silver coins will be appealing to the Americans and can make it as jewelry and necklace. She puts forth the idea that silver were interesting and beautiful and can easily trade with other materials. As a result, the last theory does not stand up.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 341, Rule ID: IT_IS[17]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
... saying that the coin were not fake and its a real representation of genuine eviden...
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Line 3, column 186, Rule ID: NODT_DOZEN[1]
Message: Use simply: 'a thousand'.
Suggestion: a thousand
...tance from Canada and North America are thousand kilometers away from each other and the...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, thus, in addition, as a result, first of all, on the contrary, 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: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 12.0772626932 157% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 22.412803532 170% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 5.01324503311 259% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1798.0 1373.03311258 131% => OK
No of words: 361.0 270.72406181 133% => OK
Chars per words: 4.98060941828 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.35889894354 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.44948974278 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 173.0 145.348785872 119% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.479224376731 0.540411800872 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 556.2 419.366225166 133% => 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: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 13.0662251656 153% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.4363728048 49.2860985944 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.9 110.228320801 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.05 21.698381199 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.35 7.06452816374 118% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 4.33554083885 208% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.498772741061 0.272083759551 183% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.145657968834 0.0996497079465 146% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0886443584565 0.0662205650399 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.31277565964 0.162205337803 193% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.00907516349115 0.0443174109184 20% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 13.3589403974 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.31 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.68 8.42419426049 91% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 63.6247240618 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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