TPO-10 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Playing computer games is a waste of time. Children should not be allowed to play them.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Many children became interested in computer games. Some people would argue that computer games are beneficial to children, while others may consider the opposite point of view. In my opinion, computer games can assist our kids atmany levels. I will explore the reasons for my stance in the following essay.

To begin with, computer games can aid teenagers to augment their digital literacy and be more familiar with the modern technology. It goes without saying that the proficiency and mastering computers became an essential skill needed in any job. Therefore, it is vital to teach our children all the necessary skills, in a way that is tempting and enjoyable for them. One of the best methods to achieve this goal is through the computer games, because simply they are learning and playing. It has been proved that most effective methods for educating is based on playing activities which are amusing to young people. For example, one of the modern techniques in the education system is interactive games where the students have great fun and knowledge at the same time. These new methods that integrate technology and gaming with the educational process are becoming more intrinsic to the modern teaching methods. For instance, when I worked as a teacher in a primary school, I used some kinds of games to get my students familiar with some historical figures.

Secondly, it helps the kids to build critical thinking skills and enhance their mental abilities. Many games are impeded with puzzles and tricks, which require a to think creatively and calculate all the possible solutions for the dilemma or the plot in the game. In other words, it helps children to imagine themselves in real situations, where they are facing a problem and then explore all the available solutions. By that way, children learn how to think rationally and examine all the possibilities, with all the associated pros or cons. That is one effective way to build a sound and logical thinking.

To sum up, I am of the opinion that games have more advantages than disadvantages. It can be increase the knowledge of children and boost their mental abilities.

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Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
may, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, while, for example, for instance, in my opinion, in other words, to begin with, to sum up

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 15.1003584229 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 9.8082437276 61% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 13.8261648746 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.0286738351 118% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 43.0788530466 74% => OK
Preposition: 43.0 52.1666666667 82% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.0752688172 50% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1790.0 1977.66487455 91% => OK
No of words: 357.0 407.700716846 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.01400560224 4.8611393121 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34677393335 4.48103885553 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63931848914 2.67179642975 99% => OK
Unique words: 201.0 212.727598566 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.563025210084 0.524837075471 107% => OK
syllable_count: 567.0 618.680645161 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 9.59856630824 115% => OK
Interrogative: 2.0 0.994623655914 201% => OK
Article: 0.0 3.08781362007 0% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.86738351254 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.94265232975 142% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.1344086022 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.1426046388 48.9658058833 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.2105263158 100.406767564 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.7894736842 20.6045352989 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0 5.45110844103 128% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.5376344086 18% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 11.8709677419 93% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.85842293907 26% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.88709677419 143% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.160530087203 0.236089414692 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0482197507387 0.076458572812 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0276461564869 0.0737576698707 37% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0951153645373 0.150856017488 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0336028280474 0.0645574589148 52% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 11.7677419355 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 58.1214874552 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 10.1575268817 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.78 10.9000537634 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.69 8.01818996416 108% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 86.8835125448 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.002688172 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.0537634409 92% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.

So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:

reasons == advantages or

reasons == disadvantages

for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.


Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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