The reading passage and the lecture have a discussion on the advantages of raising taxes on cigarettes. The reading mentions three possible advantages. On the contrary, the lecturer considers none of them would be effective with certainty.
First, the reading suggests that raising taxes will decrease unhealthy behaviors. However, it has been strongly opposed by the professor with new proof. The professor says that this policy does not directly make the citizen behave healthier. People with low payments might continue buying cheap food due to their situations. That is why the opinion of the reading is been challenged heavily.
Moreover, the reading claims that the policy is financially fair. On the other hand, the speaker asserts that instead of narrowing down the gap between the rich and poor, the policy might put more burden on the earner because their fortune maintains the same. This differs from the reading as well.
Finally, the article mentions that the government can increase revenue through the policy, while the professor in the listening material maintains that the government might stop holding the point of anti-cigarettes due to the innumerous taxes compared to before. Thus, the reading passage has been refused again.
Therefore, the speaker departs totally from the opinions on the topic made in the reading.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, however, if, moreover, so, therefore, thus, well, while, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 22.412803532 58% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1131.0 1373.03311258 82% => OK
No of words: 212.0 270.72406181 78% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.33490566038 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.81578560438 4.04702891845 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58285192481 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 128.0 145.348785872 88% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.603773584906 0.540411800872 112% => OK
syllable_count: 334.8 419.366225166 80% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 58.6083942584 49.2860985944 119% => OK
Chars per sentence: 80.7857142857 110.228320801 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.1428571429 21.698381199 70% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.64285714286 7.06452816374 108% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.193159902438 0.272083759551 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0595861119561 0.0996497079465 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0649226170134 0.0662205650399 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0925829888446 0.162205337803 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0440022141807 0.0443174109184 99% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.2 13.3589403974 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.25 53.8541721854 104% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.04 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.85 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 60.0 63.6247240618 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 10.7273730684 51% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.498013245 76% => 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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