Convenience food will become increasingly prevalent and eventually replace traditional foods and traditional methods of food preparation?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
It is said that convenience food will inevitably grow in popularity and ultimately overtake the role of conventional foods along with the traditional cuisines associated with them. I largely disagree with this proposition.
On one hand, there are sound reasons why the signature delicacies of modern hectic lifestyle may spell the death of traditional foods. Firstly, being molded after winning formulae consisting of meticulously calculated proportions of all ingredients, convenience foods such as snacks, candy bars can be produced in factories’ production lines on a far greater scale in significantly less time than their conventional counterparts. The obvious advantage in terms of quantity creates the platform for the rise of packet food manufacturers. Secondly, the marketing engine behind convenient treats works far more effectively than that promoting traditional dishes. Food companies would invest millions of dollars into visually impressive advertisements featuring eminent faces of the entertainment world and catchy tunes to popularize their products and steadily increase their grips over customers of all ages.
On the other hand, I strongly believe that traditional cuisines and their culturally and historically enriched foods will persevere. To begin with, traditional cooking methods rely more on the freshness of raw materials, authentic spices and culinary skills. This often results in dishes that boast distinctive flavors and aromas that are more likely to leave a psychological hook on diners than their mass-produced alternatives. In addition, in recent years, there have been numerous news reports exposing potential threats to human well-beings associated with a wide range of preservatives, coloring and flavoring additives that are frequently used in processed foods. Opposed to such drawback, traditionally prepared foods are constantly renovated, often with the use of herbs and vegies, to both satisfy gourmets’ appetites and improve their health.
In conclusion, while I acknowledge the growing popularity of convenience food, I maintain that it does not serve as a replacement for conventional dishes.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, firstly, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, well, while, in addition, in conclusion, in fact, such as, to begin with, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 13.1623246493 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 41.998997996 105% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1849.0 1615.20841683 114% => OK
No of words: 314.0 315.596192385 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.88853503185 5.12529762239 115% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.20951839842 4.20363070211 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.24349103384 2.80592935109 116% => OK
Unique words: 206.0 176.041082164 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.656050955414 0.561755894193 117% => OK
syllable_count: 573.3 506.74238477 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => 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: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 65.2490903154 49.4020404114 132% => OK
Chars per sentence: 142.230769231 106.682146367 133% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.1538461538 20.7667163134 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.0769230769 7.06120827912 157% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.319757888443 0.244688304435 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.111387350839 0.084324248473 132% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.07455886704 0.0667982634062 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.206553827668 0.151304729494 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0774949188123 0.056905535591 136% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.4 13.0946893788 141% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 30.2 50.2224549098 60% => OK
smog_index: 13.0 7.44779559118 175% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 11.3001002004 133% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 17.18 12.4159519038 138% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.71 8.58950901804 125% => OK
difficult_words: 117.0 78.4519038076 149% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 9.78957915832 133% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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