TPO 08- Toward the end of his life, the Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-1798) wrote a long memoir recounting his life and adventures. The Chevalier was a somewhat controversial figure, but since he met many famous people, including kings and writers, his memoir has become a valuable historical source about European society in the eighteenth century. However, some critics have raised doubts about the accuracy of the memoir. They claim that the Chevalier distorted or invented many events in the memoir to make his life seem more exciting and glamorous than it really was.
The reading and lecture are both about the memoirs of Chevalier de Seingalt. The author of the reading believes that information and details about the memoirs are distorted to make his life glamorous and fun. However, the lecturer casts doubts about the claims made in the article, saying that the arguments are inaccurate compared to facts.
First of all, the author points out that Chevalier was a wealthy person. The author notes that he spends his money on gambling and parties, but he borrows money from Swiss merchants. The point is challenged by the lecturer. She says that Chevalier spends huge amount of money on party and he is wealthy. Furthermore, she elaborates on this by mentioning that he has to borrow money from a merchant because money at that time would not be readily available, so first he must sell his assets to merchants in order to convert it into money before waiting his money to arrive.
Secondly, the author contends that in his memoirs his conversation with Voltaire is doubtful. The article establishes that the memoir cannot be accurate because the memoir was written years before the conversation has happened. However, the lecturer rebuts this argument. She suggests that each night right after the conversation between Voltaire and Chevalier, he wrote everything he remembered in their conversation. Moreover, she elaborates on this by mentioning that there are witnesses to account for Chevalier's claims that he regularly has conversation with Voltaire.
Finally, the author states that his escape to the Venetian prison is also questionable. The article denotes that he bribed the guards to free him in the prison. The lecturer, on the other hand, posits that he has other inmates who are more powerful and rich than him and did not escaped prison. She puts forth the idea that there are old document to support that he escaped the prison by himself and right after his escape the ceiling on his prison room was repaired because it was broken.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 280, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'did' requires the base form of the verb: 'escape'
Suggestion: escape
... powerful and rich than him and did not escaped prison. She puts forth the idea that th...
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Line 7, column 339, Rule ID: THERE_RE_MANY[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. Did you mean 'documents'?
Suggestion: documents
... puts forth the idea that there are old document to support that he escaped the prison b...
^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, as to, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 51.0 22.412803532 228% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1660.0 1373.03311258 121% => OK
No of words: 331.0 270.72406181 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01510574018 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.26537283232 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.59260624493 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 167.0 145.348785872 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.504531722054 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 509.4 419.366225166 121% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.2800983479 49.2860985944 112% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.6470588235 110.228320801 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4705882353 21.698381199 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.23529411765 7.06452816374 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.418727136557 0.272083759551 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.131302926084 0.0996497079465 132% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0541226619756 0.0662205650399 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.241102903295 0.162205337803 149% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0333183371368 0.0443174109184 75% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.3589403974 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 63.6247240618 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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