To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In deve

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To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

The statement argues that major cities reflect the most important traits of a society, but it fails to clarify what the most important characteristics are. It is dependent on people's subjective judgment to define the most important part of a society. In my case, I disagree with the statement because of the varieties of the important characteristics -- major cities can be places to study certain but not comprehensive characteristics of a society.

Major cities can be mirrors of economic change and societal development. The globalization reconstructs the world nowadays. Large cities are the places where changes take place faster and more tremendously. Beijing, the capital of China, has witnessed the huge social change during the last 20 years. The modernization and urbanization make Beijing look like other international large cities worldwide. It has tall skyscrapers, large shopping malls, crowded subways, and people with different backgrounds struggling to survive and making their life better. Beijing is the so-called "political, economic, and cultural " center by the Communist Party in China. As a name card of China, Beijing provides you with rich information of modern China and its prosperity.

On the other hand, the urbanization makes the cities depart from the tradition. Even in the famous Forbidden Palace in Beijing, a representative of Chinese imperial reign, you will find a Starbuck located in the center part of it, reflecting the influence of globalization. The rural areas, however, preserve the old tradition better because of the relatively slow development. Let's take the funeral tradition for example. When people pass away in cities, their family usually goes to a funeral home to deal with the following logistics. However, when I first attended a funeral in a remote, small village where my grandparents live, I began to understand how funerals can perform a different function. The funeral ritual took a week and followed a strict traditional time schedule. The family invited a theatre group to perform all day long to maintain the atmosphere. People came from everywhere to visit and they stayed to help and talk -- they talked about everything, from family issues to politics. In the traditional way, funerals are not only about memorial of the death; they are also about living people coming together to maintain a good relationship. Thus, if you are interested in the old tradition, a small village may be a better choice to study.

In most cases, a society is heterogeneous —different areas represent different local cultures under the complex interactions of many factors. It is hard to conclude that only major cities represent all those important traits of a society, and studying the major cities is the only approach. A more reasonable way to study a society is to be aware of the heterogeneity of it and then study different traits with different approaches.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 350, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[8]
Message: The proper name in singular (Beijing) must be used with a third-person verb: 'looks'.
Suggestion: looks
...rnization and urbanization make Beijing look like other international large cities w...
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Line 3, column 774, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ion of modern China and its prosperity. On the other hand, the urbanization make...
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Line 5, column 379, Rule ID: LETS_LET[1]
Message: Did you mean 'Let's'?
Suggestion: Let's
...use of the relatively slow development. Lets take the funeral tradition for example....
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, look, may, so, then, thus, for example, in most cases, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 11.3162921348 53% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 23.0 33.0505617978 70% => OK
Preposition: 63.0 58.6224719101 107% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 12.9106741573 132% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2466.0 2235.4752809 110% => OK
No of words: 466.0 442.535393258 105% => OK
Chars per words: 5.29184549356 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.64618479453 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.07359744304 2.79657885939 110% => OK
Unique words: 248.0 215.323595506 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.532188841202 0.4932671777 108% => OK
syllable_count: 783.9 704.065955056 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 12.0 4.99550561798 240% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 40.2134305923 60.3974514979 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.64 118.986275619 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.64 23.4991977007 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.12 5.21951772744 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
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: 0.187120122923 0.243740707755 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0458400099079 0.0831039109588 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0559294648893 0.0758088955206 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.117620999655 0.150359130593 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0698584266922 0.0667264976115 105% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 14.1392134831 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.4 12.1639044944 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.7 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 123.0 100.480337079 122% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => 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: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6
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