Collectors prize the ancient life-size clay statues of human figures made on Kali Island but have long wondered how the Kalinese artists were able to depict bodies with such realistic precision. Since archeologists have recently discovered molds of human heads and hands on Kali, we can now conclude that the ancient Kalinese artists used molds of actual bodies, not sculpting tools and techniques, to create these statues. This discovery explains why Kalinese miniature statues were abstract and entirely different in style: molds could only be used for life-size sculptures. It also explains why few ancient Kalinese sculpting tools have been found. In light of this development, collectors should expect the life-size sculptures to decrease in value and the miniatures to increase in value.
The author argues that the recent archaeological discovery ofmolds of human hands and heads suffice for the collectors to conclude that the value oflife size sculptures will diminish as the value of miniatures increase. This argument is based on the assumption that since these miniatures differ in style and also that their creation was not done using molds but were tailor made. Even though the argument is sound, but does not seem compelling enough to be held as true as it is based on unstated arguments.
Firstly, it has been widely assumed that all life-size sculptures are made using the recently discovered molds, even though there is no solid evidence that no other method was used in creating these sculptures. It could be possible that only certain sculptures were created using these molds. No correlation between the number of life-size sculptures and number of molds has been stated.
The author also states that the miniatures differ with respect to life-size sculptures as far as size was concerned. He amounts this to the usage of molds used in making the larger sculptures. But it also could be possible that the style differs due to the reason that the Kalinese artists would simply have a different approach of making the miniatures, perhaps adding more details. Moreover, the notion that molds could only be used for life-size sculptures could also be proved wrong if more molds smaller in size, would be discovered. This could mean that even miniatures could be made using molds.
Thirdly, the low number of Kalinese sculpting tools that have been discovered could also mean that the rocks found on Kali island were softer as compared to other rocks that are used for sculpting and could fracture if are struck extensively. Hence more number of tools may not be required to carry out work. This does not mean the production of sculptures were solely dependent on molds.
Conclusively, the argument put forth by the author is not cogent enough to prove that if the value of miniatures keep on soaring, the value of life-size sculpptures will be diminished.
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Essay evaluation report
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 4.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 15 15
No. of Words: 348 350
No. of Characters: 1702 1500
No. of Different Words: 160 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.319 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.891 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.469 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 110 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 76 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 60 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 40 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 23.2 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 9.488 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.6 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.375 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.614 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.118 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 364, Rule ID: WERE_VBB[1]
Message: Did you mean 'where' or 'we'?
Suggestion: where; we
...r creation was not done using molds but were tailor made. Even though the argument i...
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Line 1, column 369, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'tailored'.
Suggestion: tailored
...ation was not done using molds but were tailor made. Even though the argument is sound...
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Line 3, column 501, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: smaller
...ould also be proved wrong if more molds smaller in size, would be discovered. This could mean t...
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Line 4, column 27, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...using molds. Thirdly, the low number of Kalinese sculpting tools that have been ...
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Line 4, column 144, Rule ID: COMP_THAN[3]
Message: Comparison requires 'than', not 'then' nor 'as'.
Suggestion: than
... rocks found on Kali island were softer as compared to other rocks that are used f...
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Line 4, column 244, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...uld fracture if are struck extensively. Hence more number of tools may not be require...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, if, may, moreover, so, third, thirdly, with respect to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.6327345309 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.9520958084 100% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 11.1786427146 63% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 13.6137724551 118% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 28.8173652695 101% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 55.5748502994 59% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 8.0 16.3942115768 49% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1734.0 2260.96107784 77% => OK
No of words: 348.0 441.139720559 79% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.98275862069 5.12650576532 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.31911543099 4.56307096286 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.55144582722 2.78398813304 92% => OK
Unique words: 161.0 204.123752495 79% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.462643678161 0.468620217663 99% => OK
syllable_count: 540.9 705.55239521 77% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 4.96107784431 121% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.76447105788 68% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 4.22255489022 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 19.7664670659 76% => 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: 23.0 22.8473053892 101% => OK
Sentence length SD: 59.170563252 57.8364921388 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.6 119.503703932 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.2 23.324526521 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.86666666667 5.70786347227 103% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 5.25449101796 114% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.20758483034 61% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 6.88822355289 87% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.67664670659 86% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.160021093961 0.218282227539 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0557458595538 0.0743258471296 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0350694797524 0.0701772020484 50% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.087921490285 0.128457276422 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0260244550747 0.0628817314937 41% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 14.3799401198 95% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.3550499002 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.197005988 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.9 12.5979740519 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.13 8.32208582834 98% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 98.500998004 75% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 12.3882235529 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.1389221557 101% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.9071856287 118% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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