Some people prefer to listen to music while studying, as music has a calming effect on the mind. Others prefer a pin drop silence in order to concentrate on the content they are studying and have an undivided attention while they do so.Which option works

It has become a trend for some people to listen to music as they study, because they believe this activity calms the mind, which would in turn help the brain grasp more information. Other people, on the contrary, believe it is much better to study in a completely quiet environment, since they opine that music only distracts the mind from the information they are trying to absorb. I am convinced that the latter option is more suitable in regard to obtaining successful results.

Some years ago, it became trendy amongst certain type of psychologists to say that listening to classical music – such as that of Mozart – enhanced a person’s studying skills. I think one of the reasons for this opinion is that some people think that listening to music doesn’t require any special attention. However, there are cases in which people say that regardless of the music they listen to, if they do so as they study, they are unable to grasp the same amount of information as when they study in a completely quiet surrounding. In my opinion, this happens because listening to music and reading are two very different activities that the brain must focus on independently, in order to carry them out correctly.

If a person really likes listening to music, for example, but also really enjoys paying special attention to what they read, then, that person’s mind will be constantly shifting its focus from one thing to the other if trying to do both things at the same time, and, thus, will not be able to carry out any of the two activities successfully.

To sum up, I believe both activities should be carried out separately, in a silent environment – avoiding other noises, in the case of music - if they are to be taken seriously.

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Average: 9.2 (4 votes)
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, really, so, then, thus, for example, i think, such as, in my opinion, in regard to, on the contrary, to sum up

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.5418719212 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 6.10837438424 82% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 8.36945812808 24% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 12.0 5.94088669951 202% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 32.0 20.9802955665 153% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 31.9359605911 138% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.75862068966 122% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1455.0 1207.87684729 120% => OK
No of words: 302.0 242.827586207 124% => OK
Chars per words: 4.8178807947 5.00649968141 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1687104957 3.92707691288 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71527119563 2.71678728327 100% => OK
Unique words: 161.0 139.433497537 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.533112582781 0.580463131201 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 452.7 379.143842365 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.57093596059 95% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 4.6157635468 173% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.325123152709 0% => OK
Article: 0.0 1.56157635468 0% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.71428571429 233% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 0.931034482759 107% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 3.65517241379 192% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 12.6551724138 71% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 33.0 20.5024630542 161% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 64.8789946795 50.4703680194 129% => OK
Chars per sentence: 161.666666667 104.977214359 154% => OK
Words per sentence: 33.5555555556 20.9669160288 160% => OK
Discourse Markers: 14.8888888889 7.25397266985 205% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.12807881773 97% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.33497536946 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 6.9802955665 86% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 2.75862068966 36% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 2.91625615764 69% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.30922945941 0.242375264174 128% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.132116752781 0.0925447433944 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.077177175107 0.071462118173 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.181805526479 0.151781067708 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0832500985935 0.0609392437508 137% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.1 12.6369458128 143% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.44 53.1260098522 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.54236453202 135% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 10.9458128079 137% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.27 11.5310837438 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.41 8.32886699507 101% => OK
difficult_words: 60.0 55.0591133005 109% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 9.94827586207 141% => OK
gunning_fog: 15.2 10.3980295567 146% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 10.5123152709 143% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 77.7777777778 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 70.0 Out of 90
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