TPO33 integrated
The author of the passage demonstrates three theories about the purpose and meaning of craved stone balls dated from the late Neolithic period, while the lecturer in the lecture doubts their authenticity.
To begin with, the author claims that the craved stone balls were used as weapons to hunt or fight. However, the lecturer refutes that it is unconvincing, because common weapons in that period, such as arrows and axes, were considerably worn out. So, if it is true that the craved stone balls were used in hunting or fighting, they should be cracked and broken, since these two processes are fierce and can cause a lot of damage. Nevertheless, the surface is actually well-preserved, which rules out the first hypothesis.
Moreover, the author believes that the primitive system of weights and measures might adopt the craved stone balls as a standard unit. On the contrary, the lecturer rebuts that it is impossible to interchange them when measuring. Admittedly, they are in a uniform size, but their mass varies significantly at the same time. This is because they were made of different types of stones with various density, such as sand, green stone, and quartzite. As a result, two stone balls with the same size may weight distinctively, making them hard to be used in a measuring system.
Finally, the author puts forward that ancient people might regard the craved stone balls as a social status of their owners. Instead, the lecturer retorts that they were unlikely be considered in that way due to several inconsistent facts. For example, although some stone balls have elaborate designs, others are of too simple craving styles to be a status symbol. Besides, in the past, when someone in a high social ranking dead, he or she would be buried with a lot of possessions. Yet we have never found the stone balls in any tombs or graves, which indicates that they did not belong to the upper-class.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, besides, but, finally, first, however, if, may, moreover, nevertheless, so, then, well, while, for example, such as, as a result, it is true, on the contrary, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 10.4613686534 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1600.0 1373.03311258 117% => OK
No of words: 324.0 270.72406181 120% => OK
Chars per words: 4.93827160494 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24264068712 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63314116667 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 184.0 145.348785872 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.567901234568 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 491.4 419.366225166 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 1.25165562914 559% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
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: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 30.5279471232 49.2860985944 62% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.666666667 110.228320801 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6 21.698381199 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.1333333333 7.06452816374 172% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => 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: 0.44392836575 0.272083759551 163% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.145537181832 0.0996497079465 146% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0877535995659 0.0662205650399 133% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.266853129525 0.162205337803 165% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0598613598907 0.0443174109184 135% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 53.8541721854 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.37 12.2367328918 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.63 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 81.0 63.6247240618 127% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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