TPO 57
The reading and listening materials have a debate on Amtrak's belonging, the writer believes that Amtrak should be sold to a privately-owned company. Nevertheless, the speaker argues that it is absolutely wrong.
Firstly, the writer claims that the government loses money on many Amtrak routes, some of which are in remote and less populated areas, but the speaker views this issue from an opposite angle. According to him, even though some Amtrak routes are underused and unprofitable, it is citizens' right to have train routes. She advances the theory by saying that Amtrak's subject is not to profit, but to provide needed transportation services in the US. It is true that some people live in remote areas, but they just have the same right to have government service as the people who live in accessible areas.
Furthermore, the author states that it is unfair to private transportation companies. However, the speaker opposes the writer's point and takes the view that this is a silly idea. Specifically, she indicates that the government supports airline industries in all kinds of ways. For example, the government builds control towers and weather satellites to guarantee their safety. None of these private companies will exist without the government’s financial support.
Thirdly, the passage argues that government should invest in highway systems instead of railroads. By contrast, in accordance with the speaker, the writer's claim does not hold water because unpopular rail travel results from insufficient investment. To be exact, She contends that because the railway system is out-of-date, it is underused. But if the train is fast and affordable, people are willing to take it. Take Japan and Europe for example, their government investment in trains, so it is very popular there. The US should invest more money in Amtrak to improve its service.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, nevertheless, so, third, thirdly, for example, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 35.0 30.3222958057 115% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 5.01324503311 219% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1576.0 1373.03311258 115% => OK
No of words: 299.0 270.72406181 110% => OK
Chars per words: 5.27090301003 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1583189471 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82250074255 2.5805825403 109% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 145.348785872 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.585284280936 0.540411800872 108% => OK
syllable_count: 483.3 419.366225166 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.702292935 49.2860985944 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.7058823529 110.228320801 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.5882352941 21.698381199 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.11764705882 7.06452816374 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.3893655697 0.272083759551 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.10816342053 0.0996497079465 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0677863007069 0.0662205650399 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.219381123094 0.162205337803 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0230087111615 0.0443174109184 52% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.99 12.2367328918 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 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.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, nevertheless, so, third, thirdly, for example, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 35.0 30.3222958057 115% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 5.01324503311 219% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1576.0 1373.03311258 115% => OK
No of words: 299.0 270.72406181 110% => OK
Chars per words: 5.27090301003 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1583189471 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82250074255 2.5805825403 109% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 145.348785872 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.585284280936 0.540411800872 108% => OK
syllable_count: 483.3 419.366225166 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.702292935 49.2860985944 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.7058823529 110.228320801 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.5882352941 21.698381199 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.11764705882 7.06452816374 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.3893655697 0.272083759551 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.10816342053 0.0996497079465 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0677863007069 0.0662205650399 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.219381123094 0.162205337803 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0230087111615 0.0443174109184 52% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.99 12.2367328918 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 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.