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.
For example, in his memoir the Chevalier claims that while living in Switzerland, he was very wealthy, and it is known that he spent a great deal of money there on parties and gambling. However, evidence has recently surfaced that the Chevalier borrowed considerable sums of money from a Swissmerchant.
Critics thus argue that if the Chevalier had really been very rich, he would not have needed to borrow money. Critics are also skeptical about the accuracy of the conversations that the Chevalier records in the memoir between himself and the famous writer Voltaire. No one doubts that the Chevalier and Voltaire met and conversed. However, critics complain that the memoir cannot possibly capture these conversations accurately, because it was written many years after the conversations occurred. Critics point out that it is impossible to remember exact phrases from extended conversations held many years earlier.
Critics have also questioned the memoir’s account of the Chevalier’s escape from a notorious prison in Venice, Italy. He claims to have escaped the Venetian prison by using a piece of metal to make a hole in the ceiling and climbing through the roof. Critics claim that while such a daring escape makes for enjoyable reading, it is more likely that the Chevalier’s jailers were bribed to free him. They point out that the Chevalier had a number of politically well-connected friends in Venice who could have offered a bribe.
The reading article and the speaker informs about some of the controversies of Chevalier in the eighteenth century. The article claims about his false portray with various critics. On the other hand, the speaker opposes all the ideas and favours his memoir. Some of the points are enlisted as follows.
Firstly, paragraph predicts that the Chevalier used to party and gamble frequently. Moreover, he has lent money from various Swiss merchants and if a man is poor, he never borrows the money. So the writing mismatch somewhere. On the contrary, the speaker disagrees with the fact and claims that he had sold his property to gain money, which shows his richness.
Secondly, the passage avers that the conversation between Chevalier and the Voltaire exists, but it is not possible to memorize the details too long and then pen down the details. But, the speaker contradicts the information in the passage and stipulates that he noted down every single detail in from their talks. Later on, with proper consultation and continuous writing for a number of years, published the memoir.
Lastly, the article posits the information about his prison escape with piercing through the ceiling with the help of a metallic piece. Furthermore, he bribed the prison officials and used his political references to escape. However, the speaker refutes the idea and points out that other prisoners were also powerful and had friends but were not able to run from jail. Moreover, the repair to ceiling supports his escape from the room.
In conclusion, the article opposes the facts mentioned in the memoir, whereas the speaker supports the ideas portrayed in the memoir but disagrees with the reading article.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: some
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, lastly, moreover, second, secondly, so, then, whereas, in conclusion, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 5.0 10.4613686534 48% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 7.30242825607 205% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 30.3222958057 125% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1431.0 1373.03311258 104% => OK
No of words: 278.0 270.72406181 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.14748201439 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.08329915638 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.54675496889 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 151.0 145.348785872 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.543165467626 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 421.2 419.366225166 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.7413445369 49.2860985944 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.4375 110.228320801 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.375 21.698381199 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.8125 7.06452816374 139% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.188427000156 0.272083759551 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0624289245039 0.0996497079465 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0439702360579 0.0662205650399 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.105240632203 0.162205337803 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0307764291993 0.0443174109184 69% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 13.3589403974 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.29 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.46 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 63.6247240618 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 10.7273730684 51% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.