Robert E Peary was a well known adventurer and arctic explorer who in 1909 set out to reach the North Pole When he returned from the expedition he claimed to have reached the pole on April 7 1909 This report made him into an international celebrity Though

The reading and lecture are both about whether Robert E. Peary had reached North Pole. While the author of the reading argues that there are three evidences support the truth, the lecturer disputes the claims presented in the article. His position is that these evidences are not convincing.

According to the reading, a detailed investigation had been conducted by a committee from National Geographic Society. He notes that the committee agreed that Robert really reached the North Pole. The lecturer, however, asserts that the investigation is subjective. He points out that the committee is friend of Robert and he has received some money. Furthermore, the investigation only lasted two days. So, the investigation is full of bias.

Secondly, the author suggests that a recent trek supports the claim of Robert. He mentions that Peary could truly travel very fast. This argument is challenged by the lecturer. He claims that the two treks are quite different. Avery made the trek with less weigh because he could get food with help. Besides Avery had the trek in a favorable condition. However, the conditions of Peary were much bad, so he couldn't travel that fast.

Finally, the author puts forth the idea that the position of Peary could be calculated through the shadow shown in the photographs, which indicated he was in North Pole. In contrast, the lecturer's stance is that the technology used to calculation is not precise. And the camera Peary used could not focus, so it blurs the image. What’s more, the photograph fade with the time.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 301, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Besides,
...gh because he could get food with help. Besides Avery had the trek in a favorable condi...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 408, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: couldn't
...onditions of Peary were much bad, so he couldnt travel that fast. Finally, the auth...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 188, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'lecturers'' or 'lecturer's'?
Suggestion: lecturers'; lecturer's
... he was in North Pole. In contrast, the lecturers stance is that the technology used to c...
^^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
besides, finally, furthermore, however, if, really, second, secondly, so, while, in contrast

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 23.0 30.3222958057 76% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1304.0 1373.03311258 95% => OK
No of words: 257.0 270.72406181 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.07392996109 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.00390054096 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63241003315 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 142.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.552529182879 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 394.2 419.366225166 94% => 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: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 13.0662251656 161% => OK
Sentence length: 12.0 21.2450331126 56% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.0997602747 49.2860985944 69% => OK
Chars per sentence: 62.0952380952 110.228320801 56% => More chars_per_sentence wanted.
Words per sentence: 12.2380952381 21.698381199 56% => More words per sentence wanted.
Discourse Markers: 4.38095238095 7.06452816374 62% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => 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: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.229412204733 0.272083759551 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0652227633355 0.0996497079465 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0805740276468 0.0662205650399 122% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126658865378 0.162205337803 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.022895497513 0.0443174109184 52% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.6 13.3589403974 64% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 67.76 53.8541721854 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 6.8 11.0289183223 62% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.24 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.23 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 63.6247240618 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 10.7273730684 51% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 6.8 10.498013245 65% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 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.

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 301, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Besides,
...gh because he could get food with help. Besides Avery had the trek in a favorable condi...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 408, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: couldn't
...onditions of Peary were much bad, so he couldnt travel that fast. Finally, the auth...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 188, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'lecturers'' or 'lecturer's'?
Suggestion: lecturers'; lecturer's
... he was in North Pole. In contrast, the lecturers stance is that the technology used to c...
^^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
besides, finally, furthermore, however, if, really, second, secondly, so, while, in contrast

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 23.0 30.3222958057 76% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1304.0 1373.03311258 95% => OK
No of words: 257.0 270.72406181 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.07392996109 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.00390054096 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63241003315 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 142.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.552529182879 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 394.2 419.366225166 94% => 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: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 13.0662251656 161% => OK
Sentence length: 12.0 21.2450331126 56% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.0997602747 49.2860985944 69% => OK
Chars per sentence: 62.0952380952 110.228320801 56% => More chars_per_sentence wanted.
Words per sentence: 12.2380952381 21.698381199 56% => More words per sentence wanted.
Discourse Markers: 4.38095238095 7.06452816374 62% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => 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: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.229412204733 0.272083759551 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0652227633355 0.0996497079465 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0805740276468 0.0662205650399 122% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126658865378 0.162205337803 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.022895497513 0.0443174109184 52% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.6 13.3589403974 64% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 67.76 53.8541721854 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 6.8 11.0289183223 62% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.24 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.23 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 63.6247240618 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 10.7273730684 51% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 6.8 10.498013245 65% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 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.