Studying foodways- what foods people eat and how they produce, acquire, prepare, and consume them-is
the best way to gain deep understanding of a culture.
The statement claims that the best way to a deep understanding of a culture is by studying their food ways. I partially agree with the statement, as I do believe that food and its culinary aspects is an integral part to one’s culture, and therefore provides great insight regarding that culture. However, I do not believe that it helps us gain a deep and holistic understanding of culture, as culture is developed by various factors outside of cuisine.
Food is a key factor to one’s culture. The cuisine of a community is typically influenced by historical values, professions and resources. For example, potatoes and bread are said to be an essential part of many European cultures, such as that of the Irish, due to severe famine that occurred during times unfavorable for the harvesting of other crops and vegetables. Similarly, widespread of spices on a global scale is largely due to the marine Spice Trade from India during the British Colonial era.
With that said, it is important to recognize that culture is built by multiple pillars of fields and interests. Outside of food, literature, handicrafts, military powers, prominent jobs and industries of a community influences its culture. For example, India’s culture of vast color and textiles can be attributed to the historical prominence of the textile industry, along with the expansion of indigo and cotton plantations. The country’s cultural history can also be explored through its diverse artifacts and ancient texts that tell the stories of heritage and valor. The culmination of proof of historical events is a key reason why many Indians take pride in their people and culture, which are provided by elements outside of food. Lastly, the United States’ culture that focuses on individuality and freedom has been influenced by its political history of its fight for Independence (leading to the First Amendment- Right to Arms), along with the abolition of slavery. All of these examples indicate that the culture of a nation has been influenced by aspects such as the arts, politics, along with agriculture and labor.
While it is important to study the food ways of a community, it is important to study other fields of interest of the community as well. Neglecting to study the mentioned aspects of a culture and beyond is a poor attempt of examining of anthropology. Therefore, incorporating a holistic field of study of a community is essential to developing a broad and deep understanding of its culture.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, lastly, regarding, similarly, so, therefore, well, while, for example, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 12.4196629213 16% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 33.0505617978 85% => OK
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2090.0 2235.4752809 93% => OK
No of words: 409.0 442.535393258 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.11002444988 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.49708221141 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95717203124 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 206.0 215.323595506 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.503667481663 0.4932671777 102% => OK
syllable_count: 675.9 704.065955056 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 20.2370786517 84% => 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 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.7008442978 60.3974514979 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.941176471 118.986275619 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0588235294 23.4991977007 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.41176470588 5.21951772744 123% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.173083379727 0.243740707755 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0640464344825 0.0831039109588 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0771808056896 0.0758088955206 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.116003186298 0.150359130593 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0764200593887 0.0667264976115 115% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.7 14.1392134831 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.66 48.8420337079 79% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 12.1743820225 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.65 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.27 8.38706741573 111% => OK
difficult_words: 115.0 100.480337079 114% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 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: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.