TPO-25 - Integrated Writing Task In 1938 an archaeologist in Iraq acquired a set of clay jars that had been excavated two years earlier by villagers constructing a railroad line. The vessel was about 2,200 years old. Each clay jay contained a copper cylin

Both reading and listening discuss an exacavated that might be prove electricity use in ancient times. The article stated that these evidence did not show to production in ancient time and provide several reasons. The speaker, meanwhile, cast serious doubts on this idea and believes that none of these reasons are convincing eneougt and refutes all the author's reasons.

Firstly, the article states that there should be some electricity conductors such as metal wires, if people used the vessels as a battery. but there is no evidence to show these where the vessels located. however, the speaker opposes this by saying that local people found the vessesl not researchers. they could be overlooked or even throw it because it was not interesting.

Secondly, the article claims that copper cylinders does not show that it is used for generating electricity and it used for holding scrolls of sacred texts. The speaker refutes it by saying that it could used one purpose and adopted another purpose.

Lastly, the article says that there were not any devices that work with electricity. what would they used for it. the speaker tells that it could use healing -like modern doctor, ancient doctor could use for heailing- or for magical power

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Average: 8.6 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 140, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: But
...f people used the vessels as a battery. but there is no evidence to show these whe...
^^^
Line 3, column 178, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
.... but there is no evidence to show these where the vessels located. however, the ...
^^
Line 3, column 207, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: However
... show these where the vessels located. however, the speaker opposes this by saying tha...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 304, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: They
...ople found the vessesl not researchers. they could be overlooked or even throw it be...
^^^^
Line 5, column 205, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'could' requires the base form of the verb: 'use'
Suggestion: use
...aker refutes it by saying that it could used one purpose and adopted another purpose...
^^^^
Line 7, column 86, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: What
...any devices that work with electricity. what would they used for it. the speaker tel...
^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, if, lastly, look, second, secondly, so, while, such as

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 11.0 30.3222958057 36% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1043.0 1373.03311258 76% => OK
No of words: 205.0 270.72406181 76% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.08780487805 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.78388967377 4.04702891845 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.42931726858 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Unique words: 124.0 145.348785872 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.60487804878 0.540411800872 112% => OK
syllable_count: 323.1 419.366225166 77% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.116997792494 855% => Less interrogative sentences wanted.
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.2271958923 49.2860985944 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 86.9166666667 110.228320801 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.0833333333 21.698381199 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0 7.06452816374 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.3123035445 0.272083759551 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.108788494076 0.0996497079465 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0724028938164 0.0662205650399 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.181541832356 0.162205337803 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0568085627992 0.0443174109184 128% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 13.3589403974 83% => 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: 11.95 12.2367328918 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.33 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 50.0 63.6247240618 79% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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