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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Students can learn as much by watching movies as they can learn by reading books.

There is no doubt that books are an excellent source of knowledge. Providing in-depth information on a variety of topics, they can be used to learn about history, science, and other academic subjects. Some may claim that only by reading books can students learn much knowledge, while others contend that movies can be just as educational as books. However, as for me, I am inclined to side with the latter.

To begin with, movies can be more engaging than books. Reading, in fact, can be boring sometimes. Many people find it difficult to sit down and read for a long period of time. Movies, on the other hand, are much more appealing, since they are visual and often include action and suspense, which can hold a viewer’s attention for the entire duration. As a result, movies can be more memorable than books. This is helpful for people, especially students, who need to remember much information for exams or papers. For example, a student who watches a documentary about Civil Rights Movement is likely to remember more details from the documentary than from the history textbook. He or she can see what the Great March on Washington looked like, hear Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’, and feel the enormous enthusiasm back then. It is with these visuals and sound that the documentary brings the history to life, an effect that could never be achieved by reading books. In addition, movies are generally more entertaining than books, so we are more likely to pay attention to them and remember what we have seen.

Not only are films more attractive and impressive, but they can also cover a lot of grounds in a short amount of time. A typical feature-length movie can tell a story that would take hundreds of pages to tell in a book, an advantage that is especially helpful for students who have short attention spans or who are trying to learn about a particular subject but have a limited amount of time. Take the masterpiece ‘To Kill a Mockingbird ‘ as an example. In the book, the reader is given a detailed and intimate look at the characters and their lives in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. The story is told from the perspective of Scout, a young girl who is witness to the trial of a black man accused of raping a white woman. While the book provides a lot of information about the characters and the town, it is limited to Scout's perspective. In the film adaptation of the book, the viewer is given a much broader view of the town and its inhabitants. We see the events of the story through the eyes of several different characters, including Atticus Finch, the father of Scout. This allows us to see the events of the story from different points of view and to get a better understanding of the characters and their motivations. If there were no movie edition of the book, audience would not be able to learn so much.

Admittedly, there are also some drawbacks to using movies as a learning tool. For example, they can be expensive, and it can be difficult to find ones that are appropriate for all ages. However, if the appropriate movies can be identified, they can be a valuable learning tool for students, just as effective as books.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 211, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'claims'.
Suggestion: claims
..., and other academic subjects. Some may claim that only by reading books can students...
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Line 3, column 161, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...fficult to sit down and read for a long period of time. Movies, on the other hand, are much mo...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 842, Rule ID: TO_NON_BASE[1]
Message: The verb after "to" should be in the base form: 'scout'.
Suggestion: Scout
...aracters and the town, it is limited to Scouts perspective. In the film adaptation of ...
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Line 5, column 1022, Rule ID: NUMEROUS_DIFFERENT[1]
Message: Use simply 'several'.
Suggestion: several
...events of the story through the eyes of several different characters, including Atticus Finch, th...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, look, may, so, then, thus, while, as for, for example, in addition, in fact, no doubt, as a result, to begin with, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 31.0 15.1003584229 205% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 19.0 9.8082437276 194% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 13.8261648746 145% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.0286738351 127% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 43.0788530466 77% => OK
Preposition: 70.0 52.1666666667 134% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 8.0752688172 149% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2640.0 1977.66487455 133% => OK
No of words: 564.0 407.700716846 138% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.68085106383 4.8611393121 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.87326216964 4.48103885553 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63206816168 2.67179642975 99% => OK
Unique words: 270.0 212.727598566 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.478723404255 0.524837075471 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 819.9 618.680645161 133% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 9.59856630824 104% => OK
Article: 9.0 3.08781362007 291% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 7.0 3.51792114695 199% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.86738351254 214% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.94265232975 142% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.6003584229 131% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.1344086022 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.6024718955 48.9658058833 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.7777777778 100.406767564 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8888888889 20.6045352989 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.77777777778 5.45110844103 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.5376344086 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 11.8709677419 84% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.88709677419 205% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.309529547381 0.236089414692 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0878433543253 0.076458572812 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0800052132132 0.0737576698707 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.22172303863 0.150856017488 147% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0649816574103 0.0645574589148 101% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 11.7677419355 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 58.1214874552 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 10.1575268817 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.86 10.9000537634 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.68 8.01818996416 96% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 86.8835125448 125% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.002688172 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.0537634409 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.247311828 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 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: conclusion.

So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:

reasons == advantages or

reasons == disadvantages

for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.

Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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