Dowsing
The reading and the lecture are both about a dowsing. The author of the reading believes that this ancient art is an effective way of finding hidden objects. The lecturer challenges the statements made by the author. First of all, the author suggests that dowsers are somehow able to feel the energy of the flowing underground streams vibrating through the rod at certain frequencies. This argument is challenged by the lecturer. She says that such forces are unknown for the science and stand against the physics law. Furthermore, she argues that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. She explains that even the most sensitive instruments are unable to detect the forces, which may be given off by various objects easily. Secondly, the writer contends that dowsing’s popularity increases in other areas, as a treasure hunt or an oil search. The lecturer, however, rebuts this by asserting that according to researches the dowsing simply does not work. The lecturer believes that it is completely based on luck and the probability of a dowser locating the underground water or a normal person is same. Finally, in the light of absence of any substantial evidence regarding how dowsing can be used to locate underground water, the claim remains a mystery.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 159, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...ffective way of finding hidden objects. The lecturer challenges the statements made...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, furthermore, however, may, regarding, second, secondly, so, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 15.0 22.412803532 67% => OK
Preposition: 24.0 30.3222958057 79% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1071.0 1373.03311258 78% => OK
No of words: 206.0 270.72406181 76% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.19902912621 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.78849575616 4.04702891845 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84862128537 2.5805825403 110% => OK
Unique words: 136.0 145.348785872 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.660194174757 0.540411800872 122% => OK
syllable_count: 330.3 419.366225166 79% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => 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: 39.4907689636 49.2860985944 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.25 110.228320801 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.1666666667 21.698381199 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.75 7.06452816374 110% => OK
Paragraphs: 1.0 4.09492273731 24% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.155035871298 0.272083759551 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0485972385884 0.0996497079465 49% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0847766106435 0.0662205650399 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.155035871298 0.162205337803 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0443174109184 0% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 13.3589403974 87% => 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: 12.58 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.62 8.42419426049 114% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 63.6247240618 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 10.7273730684 51% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:
para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3
Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).
Don't need a conclusion paragraph.
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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