artifact

Essay topics:

artifact

The main topic of both the reading and the lecture is carved stones which were found at a number of places in Scotland.

The article states that archeologists do not have an agreement about the purposes and meanings of these artifacts, and it provides three discriminating theory for making clear the reason for their use. However, in the lecture, the professor refutes the idea presented in the passage by giving examples and clarifying the weaknesses that the idea has. She says that these theories are unconvincing.

First, the passage posits that these carved stones are used as a weapon in hunting or fighting. In contrast, the professor rejects this point by saying that past weapons had weird signs, whereas this stone had a simple sign. Additionally, in her opinion, most of the past potteries had a crack, hollow or broken part, and a hollow can't be a convincing reason for the theory.

Second, the reading says that maybe stone balls were utilized as a system of calculating the weight of things. Nevertheless, the lecturer denies this, suggesting that these carved stones don't have a uniform size. Moreover, they made from various materials like sand and grind. In addition, they have different density: which means two same size particles have different weights.

Third, according to the article's other hypothesis, they have been used for social purposes, not practical reasons. The speaker doesn't agree with this point of view. She asserts that using these artifacts as social purposes is unlikely. She explains that most of the social signs have an intricate pattern, while carved ballons are simple. She used another evidence for approving her opinion: these signs were used for identifying people's position or ranking and therefore pottery was using just by important persons. On the other hand, No one found this type of artifact near the gravies, and lack of this stuffs close those places shows that they were not a social clue.

In conclusion, the points made in the lecture contradicts the central standpoint of the reading. Having decrepit and erosion effects on the ancient things, being ununiform, and having a simple pattern with no evidence of this stuffs adjacent to the graves which mentioned in the lecture clearly demonstrate that the reading opinion about carved stones is in doubt.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
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Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...ck, hollow or broken part, and a hollow cant be a convincing reason for the theory. ...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...is, suggesting that these carved stones dont have a uniform size. Moreover, they mad...
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Suggestion: doesn't
...ses, not practical reasons. The speaker doesnt agree with this point of view. She asse...
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Line 9, column 306, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... social signs have an intricate pattern, while carved ballons are simple. She use...
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Line 9, column 341, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...tern, while carved ballons are simple. She used another evidence for approving her...
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Line 9, column 603, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
... artifact near the gravies, and lack of this stuffs close those places shows that th...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, may, moreover, nevertheless, second, so, therefore, third, whereas, while, in addition, in conclusion, in contrast, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 22.412803532 165% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1944.0 1373.03311258 142% => OK
No of words: 380.0 270.72406181 140% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.11578947368 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.41515443553 4.04702891845 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.53853814237 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 209.0 145.348785872 144% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.55 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 584.1 419.366225166 139% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 2.5761589404 272% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.7519675757 49.2860985944 107% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.315789474 110.228320801 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0 21.698381199 92% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.05263157895 7.06452816374 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.09492273731 147% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 7.0 4.19205298013 167% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0542904778922 0.272083759551 20% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0215619100598 0.0996497079465 22% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.065334416734 0.0662205650399 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0194280470624 0.162205337803 12% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0434424339016 0.0443174109184 98% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 13.3589403974 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.42 12.2367328918 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.74 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 99.0 63.6247240618 156% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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