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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Visiting museums is the best way to learn about a country

Without a shadow of a doubt, learning about other countries cultures and history can be very beneficial. While some people believe that the best way to learn about a country is through books, others, however, stand on the other side of the continuum, asserting that museums are the best place to gain a comprehensive insight into other countries. As for my opinion, I subscribe to the latter idea. In the following paragraphs, I will delve into two of my most prominent reasons for advocating this viewpoint.

First and foremost, being able to see artifacts closely enables students to gain a better and more profound comprehension of the country’s culture. Visiting museums cultivates a sense of sympathy, and this helps them to spend more attention on their learning process. Pictures in the books don’t convey the same feeling, and they don't impress students whatsoever. By seeing paintings and artifacts from close, they’re able to appreciate them from the bottom of their heart. On the other hand, by reading books, they would just try to memorize the necessary information and try to pass their exams. They wouldn't feel connected with people who used to live in that country back in time. I have to admit, my opinion on this matter has been profoundly influenced by my own experience. When I was in high school, I used to hate history class, but one day our teacher took us to the national painting museum. In the museum, I saw the most famous painting in my country by a known painter named Farshchian. The moment I saw the painting, I was stunned and fascinated by how astonishing that painting was. I used to read about this painting in middle school, but I never got a chance to see it from close, and I had seen just pictures of it. From that day I was significantly interested in history, especially my own country’s art history. Without going to that museum, I would not have learned how great my country's art is.

Furthermore, another equally compelling reason for corroborating my stance lies in the fact that you cannot see the details of an artifact from books. Books try their best to describe every feature and aspect of an artifact, but most people find it difficult to imagine what something looks like with words. In contrast, by visiting the museum, people can see the artifact from different views and see all the details themselves. A personal example can drive this notion home. There was a specific tool that people used to use in agriculture fifteen hundred years ago, and I was reading a textbook that was trying to describe this tool. I read the text many times, but I wasn't able to exactly understand how it used to work. Finally, I decided to go to the national museum and see it from close. After my visit, I precisely understood what the book was trying to say.

To put it all in a nutshell, having all the aforementioned reasons and examples into account, I strongly believe that the museum is a fantastic place to learn about a country, on the ground that makes the learning process more fulfilling and enables students to approach their study with enthusiasm and diligence, also students can gain a better understanding of artifacts.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, look, so, thus, while, as for, in contrast, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 15.1003584229 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 9.8082437276 82% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 13.8261648746 145% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.0286738351 118% => OK
Pronoun: 66.0 43.0788530466 153% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 84.0 52.1666666667 161% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.0752688172 50% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2639.0 1977.66487455 133% => OK
No of words: 549.0 407.700716846 135% => OK
Chars per words: 4.80692167577 4.8611393121 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.84053189512 4.48103885553 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71024418434 2.67179642975 101% => OK
Unique words: 277.0 212.727598566 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.504553734062 0.524837075471 96% => OK
syllable_count: 800.1 618.680645161 129% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 16.0 9.59856630824 167% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.51792114695 114% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.86738351254 428% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 13.0 4.94265232975 263% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.6003584229 126% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.1344086022 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 63.6593653196 48.9658058833 130% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.5 100.406767564 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.1153846154 20.6045352989 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.38461538462 5.45110844103 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 11.8709677419 110% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.88709677419 184% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.194849398905 0.236089414692 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0504842353406 0.076458572812 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0532249611617 0.0737576698707 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.12812792907 0.150856017488 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0465466901609 0.0645574589148 72% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 11.7677419355 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 58.1214874552 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 10.1575268817 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.62 10.9000537634 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.96 8.01818996416 99% => OK
difficult_words: 114.0 86.8835125448 131% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.002688172 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.0537634409 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.247311828 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.

So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:

reasons == advantages or

reasons == disadvantages

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or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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