Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean.
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
Though the author's argument that so called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean sound reasonable at first glance, it is not based on adequate evidences and well explained terms. The first assumption that a particular distinct pattern woven baskets are made only by the Palean people itself is without strong evidences, because it also would have been made by other group of people around and their products weren't discovered. An evidence of mention in any for literature, drawings or stone carvings would have warranted the assumption that it were made Palean people also.
Secondly, the evidence of archaeologists discovered such a "Palean " baskets in Lithos, raises the question whether those were intentionally taken there or by any means of natural ways like flood. Just because it was found in the village of Lithos, it doesn't mean that it was only taken there by 'Palean' people.
Furthermore, the author mentions that the Brim River is very deep and broad which leads to the assumption that the 'Palean' people could have crossed only by boat and that no Palean boats have been found the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean. This is an unwarranted assumption because of the possibilities that the Paleans could have used any different route to reach Lithos or they could have used boats and those would have been destroyed and carried away by any flood in the river.
Thus, the conclusion that woven baskets of a distinctive pattern is not of that Palean people alone is not based on adequate evidences.
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Comments
Essay evaluation report
argument 1 -- not exactly
argument 2 -- OK
argument 3 -- better to argue like: people in Lithos may have boats.
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 8 15
No. of Words: 256 350
No. of Characters: 1250 1500
No. of Different Words: 125 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.883 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.478 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 85 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 57 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 39 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 24 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 32 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.396 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.75 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.491 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.491 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.143 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 1 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 12, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
Though the authors argument that so called Palean baskets ...
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Line 1, column 411, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: weren't
...oup of people around and their products werent discovered. An evidence of mention in a...
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Line 1, column 563, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... the assumption that it were made Palean people also. Secondly, the evidence of ...
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Line 1, column 572, Rule ID: ALSO_SENT_END[1]
Message: 'Also' is not used at the end of the sentence. Use 'as well' instead.
Suggestion: as well
...mption that it were made Palean people also. Secondly, the evidence of archaeologi...
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Line 2, column 58, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...dence of archaeologists discovered such a 'Palean ' baskets in Lithos, ...
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Line 2, column 106, Rule ID: WHETHER[5]
Message: Can you shorten this phrase to just 'whether', or rephrase the sentence to avoid "the question"?
Suggestion: whether
...Palean ' baskets in Lithos, raises the question whether those were intentionally taken there or...
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Line 2, column 262, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
... was found in the village of Lithos, it doesnt mean that it was only taken there by Pa...
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Line 3, column 111, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...broad which leads to the assumption that the Palean people could have crossed onl...
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Line 3, column 480, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...e been destroyed and carried away by any flood in the river. Thus, the conclusio...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, furthermore, if, second, secondly, so, thus, well
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.6327345309 81% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.9520958084 46% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 11.1786427146 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 13.6137724551 81% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 28.8173652695 76% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 55.5748502994 47% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 9.0 16.3942115768 55% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1285.0 2260.96107784 57% => More number of characters wanted.
No of words: 255.0 441.139720559 58% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.03921568627 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.99608801488 4.56307096286 88% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.55602656843 2.78398813304 92% => OK
Unique words: 132.0 204.123752495 65% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.517647058824 0.468620217663 110% => OK
syllable_count: 402.3 705.55239521 57% => syllable counts are too short.
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 4.96107784431 60% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 4.22255489022 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 8.0 19.7664670659 40% => 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: 31.0 22.8473053892 136% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 51.9553594444 57.8364921388 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 160.625 119.503703932 134% => OK
Words per sentence: 31.875 23.324526521 137% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.75 5.70786347227 136% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 5.15768463074 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 9.0 5.25449101796 171% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 8.20758483034 12% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 6.88822355289 73% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.67664670659 43% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.330847982959 0.218282227539 152% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.152416188746 0.0743258471296 205% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0725354428312 0.0701772020484 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.193529402494 0.128457276422 151% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0565608338028 0.0628817314937 90% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.2 14.3799401198 127% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.01 48.3550499002 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 12.197005988 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.54 12.5979740519 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.52 8.32208582834 102% => OK
difficult_words: 54.0 98.500998004 55% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 12.3882235529 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.4 11.1389221557 129% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.9071856287 126% => 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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