Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean.
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
In the above issue, the author of the argument concludes the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean. He presents evidence to suggest this is valid – first, the Palean baskets were found in a village across the Brim river from Palea and second, it can be crossed only by boat and no Palean boats were found in that village. Though the underlying issue may have merit, because of lack of more relevant evidences and unaddressed assumptions, the author’s argument is unsubstantiated and deeply flawed.
The first assumption made by the author is there is no way to reach Lithos, other than the river. Although, the village is across the Brim River, it is unwarranted to assume one cannot reach the village via some other route, for example, through land.
Another flawed assumption in the argument is that since, boats were not found in Lithos, completely justifies the fact that the river was never crossed. There can be multiple justifications for the absence of boats – they must have been outmoded, and hence, destroyed; some people must have returned from Lithos to Palean in the same boat, and others. Hence, it cannot be warranted that the river was never crossed.
The most pivotal point in the author’s argument is the assumption that the art of any region must be qualified to that area only. However, careful scrutiny of the evidence reveals that it provides little credible support for the author’s conclusion in several critical respects, and raises several skeptical questions. This is flawed as the art that is uniquely created by a group, or culture, is liable to influence the neighboring areas and also, the artisans sell their products to make profits. Therefore, artifacts found in Lithos are not necessarily made by the inhabitants of that area, but people might have bought them from Palea, for their aesthetic beauty.
Without convincing answers to these questions, the reader is left with the impression that the claims made by the author are more of a wishful thinking rather than substantive evidence.
In conclusion, the author’s argument is unpersuasive as it stands. To bolster it further, the author must provide more concrete evidence, perhaps by way of a detailed analysis of why Palean woven baskets are not considered unique.
Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'first', 'hence', 'however', 'if', 'may', 'second', 'so', 'therefore', 'for example', 'in conclusion']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.235159817352 0.25644967241 92% => OK
Verbs: 0.162100456621 0.15541462614 104% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0799086757991 0.0836205057962 96% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0547945205479 0.0520304965353 105% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0251141552511 0.0272364105082 92% => OK
Prepositions: 0.12100456621 0.125424944231 96% => OK
Participles: 0.0502283105023 0.0416121511921 121% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.72031568341 2.79052419416 97% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0205479452055 0.026700313972 77% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.001811407834 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.118721461187 0.113004496875 105% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0228310502283 0.0255425247493 89% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00456621004566 0.0127820249294 36% => Some subClauses wanted starting by 'Which, Who, What, Whom, Whose.....'
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2305.0 2731.13054187 84% => OK
No of words: 376.0 446.07635468 84% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.13031914894 6.12365571057 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.40348946061 4.57801047555 96% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.396276595745 0.378187486979 105% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.287234042553 0.287650121315 100% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.196808510638 0.208842608468 94% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.114361702128 0.135150697306 85% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72031568341 2.79052419416 97% => OK
Unique words: 194.0 207.018472906 94% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.515957446809 0.469332199767 110% => OK
Word variations: 56.0459413467 52.1807786196 107% => OK
How many sentences: 15.0 20.039408867 75% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0666666667 23.2022227129 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.8921440869 57.7814097925 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 153.666666667 141.986410481 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.0666666667 23.2022227129 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.8 0.724660767414 110% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.14285714286 117% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 3.58251231527 0% => OK
Readability: 53.790070922 51.9672348444 104% => OK
Elegance: 1.67924528302 1.8405768891 91% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.451436996095 0.441005458295 102% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.12906117701 0.135418324435 95% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0658252695139 0.0829849096947 79% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.678465805101 0.58762219726 115% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.136783133152 0.147661913831 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.207576817139 0.193483328276 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0702761265018 0.0970749176394 72% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.378431511326 0.42659136922 89% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0691030779298 0.0774707102158 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.287359166682 0.312017818177 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0760655367221 0.0698173142475 109% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.33743842365 48% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 6.87684729064 131% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.82512315271 41% => OK
Positive topic words: 4.0 6.46551724138 62% => OK
Negative topic words: 9.0 5.36822660099 168% => OK
Neutral topic words: 1.0 2.82389162562 35% => OK
Total topic words: 14.0 14.657635468 96% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 66.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4 Out of 6 -- The score is based on the average performance of 20,000 argument essays. This e-grader is not smart enough to check on arguments.
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