The reading states that there are several reasons that young people are reading less literature than they used to. On the other hand, the lecturer finds all the reasons mentioned by the reading dubious and refutes them all by specific details.
First, the reading states that by reading less literature, the reading public is missing out on important benefits. On the contrary, the professor mentioned the fact that the type of book is not important that much and it could be another book.
Furthermore, the author argues that what are people reading instead the reading literature is an issue, and nowadays many persons are more likely to turn on the television or read a Web page. Conversely, the lecturer brings up the idea that the culture of the country does not only depend on reading literature and watching a great movie or listening to good music is can be very effective for society.
Finally, the reading passage holds the view that with less reading literature the number of good writers can be reduced. In contrast, the speaker dismisses this issue due to the fact that always is not the reader's mistake and sometimes is the author's fault too, Much of the literature is not easy to understand and is not attractive for normal people so they prefer to read something else.
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- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement In order to become financially responsible adults children should learn to manage their own money at young age Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 70
- 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 85
- A fossil skeleton of a dinosaur called Sinosauropteryx preserved in volcanic ash was discovered in Liaoning China in 1996 Interestingly the fossil included a pattern of fine lines surrounding the skeletal bones Some paleontologists interpret the li 60
- 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 cylinder surrounding an iron rod The 3
Transition Words or Phrases used:
conversely, finally, first, furthermore, if, so, in contrast, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 14.0 22.412803532 62% => OK
Preposition: 22.0 30.3222958057 73% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1067.0 1373.03311258 78% => OK
No of words: 221.0 270.72406181 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.82805429864 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.85565412703 4.04702891845 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.44508910256 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 121.0 145.348785872 83% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.547511312217 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 333.0 419.366225166 79% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 8.0 13.0662251656 61% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 27.0 21.2450331126 127% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 53.5134328931 49.2860985944 109% => OK
Chars per sentence: 133.375 110.228320801 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.625 21.698381199 127% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.0 7.06452816374 170% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.339194050014 0.272083759551 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.153882909913 0.0996497079465 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.101899673592 0.0662205650399 154% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.204194769718 0.162205337803 126% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0428182735011 0.0443174109184 97% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 13.3589403974 113% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 53.8541721854 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 11.0289183223 114% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.03 12.2367328918 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.55 8.42419426049 90% => OK
difficult_words: 36.0 63.6247240618 57% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.498013245 122% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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