Integrated Task : Dowsing
The reading passage describes that dowsing is someone who uses frequencies as a tool to find thing which is not appear in underground water. Also, dowser sometime explore invisible objects like treasure and person's body is not their work.
On the other hand, the lecturer gives the strong opinion about dowsing which receives many claims. She says that the instrument or tool does not really work well even though they are very sensitive to find that thing. Also many pyshicals force that need for dowsing, even they need strong force to dig water.
Beside that, on the strict situation, dowsing seems like hunter. She also states that water can be found every where, it is not dowsing's work anyway. They are never successful in their work because many kind of uncontrol variables which appear and unpredictable.
In conclusion, the professor disagree with the reading passage in some views like an instrument cannot detect the frequency well and dowsing never get success.
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Sentence: In conclusion, the professor disagree with the reading passage in some views like an instrument cannot detect the frequency well and dowsing never get success.
Description: The fragment professor disagree with is rare
Suggestion: Possible agreement error: Replace disagree with verb, past participle
Sentence: Also many pyshicals force that need for dowsing, even they need strong force to dig water.
Error: pyshicals Suggestion: physicals
flaws:
No. of Words: 161 250
No. of Characters: 796 1200
No. of Different Words: 104 150
You didn't write in the right format.
The correct pattern:
para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3
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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 16 in 30
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 1 2
No. of Sentences: 9 10
No. of Words: 161 250
No. of Characters: 796 1200
No. of Different Words: 104 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.562 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.944 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.301 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 53 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 38 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 23 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 17 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 17.889 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 4.557 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.778 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.414 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.67 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.088 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4