The reading and the lecture are both about making people who smoke cigarettes or eat unhelathy foods to pay taxes as a consequence of their action. While the author argues that this policy incrporates many social benefits, the professor disputes this claim. She states that each of the benefits expressed in the reading passage can be challenged. The lecturer casts doubt on the main points made in the text by providing three controversial reasons.
In the reading, the author begins by saying that the taxes discourage and prevent people from purchasing for cigarettes and unhealthy food. However, the profesoor disagrees with this idea. She asserts that imposing high taxes does not necessirly lead to healthier behavior. Under this condition, the people have no choice but to buy lower quality cigarettes, which are more harmful. Therefore, they put their health even in greater risks. In addition, people may buy more junky foods in reaction to this policy and so they would have less money to spend on healthy foods.
Furthermore, accroding to the reading passage, these taxes are fair since people who indulge in buying cigarettes or consuming unhealthy food have to pay more money, which will be spent on healthcare system. On the other hand, the professor points out that at first glance, it might be seen fair that people who use these stuff pay more taxes, but this means that people should pay certain amount of money regardless of their income, and this is unfair. This policy creates low-income people a huge burden and put them in a predicament.
Finally, the writer believes that this policy increases government's revenue and income so government can spend this extra money on more beneficial projects. Not surprisingly, the professor refutes this claim by contending that this idea has some downsides. This policy provides millions of dollars for the government and make governenment to rely on it. As a result, the government will not set proper regulations preventing people from performing unhealthy activites like drinking and smoking in public places since the government do not want to lose this source of income.
To sum up, both the lecturer and the writer hold conflicting views on inflicting taxes on cigarettes and unhealthy foods.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, furthermore, however, may, so, therefore, while, in addition, as a result, to sum up, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 7.30242825607 205% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 22.412803532 156% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 47.0 30.3222958057 155% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1903.0 1373.03311258 139% => OK
No of words: 369.0 270.72406181 136% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.15718157182 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.38284983912 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.62839379899 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 206.0 145.348785872 142% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.558265582656 0.540411800872 103% => OK
syllable_count: 573.3 419.366225166 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.7920448553 49.2860985944 107% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.722222222 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.5 21.698381199 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.88888888889 7.06452816374 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.238150666017 0.272083759551 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0788486464138 0.0996497079465 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0887653042236 0.0662205650399 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.152750684174 0.162205337803 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0602767785812 0.0443174109184 136% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.65 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.61 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 63.6247240618 146% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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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.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, furthermore, however, may, so, therefore, while, in addition, as a result, to sum up, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 7.30242825607 205% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 22.412803532 156% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 47.0 30.3222958057 155% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1903.0 1373.03311258 139% => OK
No of words: 369.0 270.72406181 136% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.15718157182 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.38284983912 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.62839379899 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 206.0 145.348785872 142% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.558265582656 0.540411800872 103% => OK
syllable_count: 573.3 419.366225166 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.7920448553 49.2860985944 107% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.722222222 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.5 21.698381199 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.88888888889 7.06452816374 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.238150666017 0.272083759551 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0788486464138 0.0996497079465 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0887653042236 0.0662205650399 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.152750684174 0.162205337803 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0602767785812 0.0443174109184 136% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.65 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.61 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 63.6247240618 146% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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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.