Recently, there has been a debate about whether Brendan the Navigator was able to be the first to travel to North America with his crew members. The reading and the lecture both discuss this controversial topic. Whereas the author believes it is true and supports his/her idea through three remarks, the lecturer is quick to point out that there are some flaws and cast doubt on each claim given by the writer.
First and foremost, the author of the reading states that stories about Brendan’s voyage mention a few places that his crew would have visited on the journey, such as Iceland, Greenland, and other kinds of islands. Besides, the characteristics heard in the tales match the description of the islands. Nevertheless, the professor stands in firm opposition to this claim. In the listening, he states that the description explained in the tales could refer to something else, for example, "burning hill," which could indicate Iceland, but it could also literally mean a hill that is being burnt.
Secondly, the passage notes that a team of researchers created an ancient Irish boat resembling Brendan's ship. It goes on to say that the researchers sailed on it from Ireland to North America, proving that the techniques and materials utilized during the 16th century were advanced enough for a long journey. Nonetheless, the professor argues that the ship constructed by the experts was longer and contained more people, making the task of traveling to a region easier than Brendan and his crew alone.
Lastly, the article asserts that markings discovered in North America resemble the ogham letters used by the ancient Irish, specifying Brendan and his helpers settled there and made those symbols for diverse reasons. On the other hand, the professor disputes this argument, contending the markings rather symbolize pictures and graphics made by the Native Americans that inhabited the area.
To sum up, although both the author and the lecturer explore Brendan and his expedition to North America, they both conclude with different views and details. Despite that fact, it is evident that, they will have trouble finding common ground on this issue, and the three points made in the lecture are effectively challenged by the author.
- Summarize the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific points made in the reading passage about deforestation 3
- Brendan the Navigator was an Irish priest who lived in the 6th century He is most famous for embarking on a voyage in search of the mythical Island of the Blessed The details of Brendan s voyage recorded as stories in old manuscripts suggest to some that 94
- Some people prefer to plan activities for their free time very carefully Others choose not to make any plans at all for their free time Compare the benefits of planning free time activities with the benefits of not making plans Which do you prefer plannin 61
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject 78
- Although Johannes Vermeer is famous for his masterpiece Girl with a Pearl Earring not much is known about who modeled for the painting The curiosity aroused by the mystery brought about several theories about the true identity of the model The first candi 81
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 505, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
...ng else, for example, 'burning hill,' which could indicate Iceland, but it c...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, first, if, lastly, nevertheless, nonetheless, second, secondly, so, whereas, for example, such as, it is true, to sum up, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 7.30242825607 219% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 22.412803532 147% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 43.0 30.3222958057 142% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1903.0 1373.03311258 139% => OK
No of words: 367.0 270.72406181 136% => OK
Chars per words: 5.18528610354 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.37689890912 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60223547311 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 213.0 145.348785872 147% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.58038147139 0.540411800872 107% => OK
syllable_count: 563.4 419.366225166 134% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 54.594422979 49.2860985944 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.928571429 110.228320801 123% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.2142857143 21.698381199 121% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.3571428571 7.06452816374 161% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.132824588996 0.272083759551 49% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0405407390152 0.0996497079465 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.039058306669 0.0662205650399 59% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0669852588789 0.162205337803 41% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0282222261975 0.0443174109184 64% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.1 13.3589403974 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.55 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.0289183223 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.12 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.66 8.42419426049 115% => OK
difficult_words: 110.0 63.6247240618 173% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.498013245 118% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 88.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.5 Out of 30
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