Reading:
Spartacus, the rebel leader who fought against the Romans with an army of fellow escaped slaves, is one of the most famous figures in ancient Roman history. Spartacus led his men against their Roman oppressors and managed to defeat the Roman army in several battles. Eventually Spartacus and his army were defeated and put to death. To this day, Spartacus fascinates both historians and the general public. Several aspects about his story have made him a particularly appealing hero.
First, Spartacus’ original goal in his conflict against Rome is one everyone can empathize with—he wanted to return home. Spartacus and his men had been taken by the Romans from faraway lands. In fighting the Romans, Spartacus and his men initially sought to return to the homelands from which they had been uprooted. Spartacus and his men’s desire to return home is one we can all appreciate.
Second, Spartacus’ initial success in fighting against the powerful Roman army has earned him the admiration people feel when someone who is overmatched triumphs through sheer skill. Spartacus and his men formed a relatively small, ill-equipped army; the Roman army, in contrast, was large, well-financed, and highly trained. Spartacus’ ability to seriously trouble the Romans on the battlefield testifies to his military brilliance, making him a hero in most people’s eyes.
Third, in fighting against Rome, Spartacus sought to liberate all Roman slaves and thus commanded respect as an early human rights advocate. Before his final battle with the Romans, Spartacus was sent an offer by a Roman general: if Spartacus would stop fighting, he would be made a Roman senator, a member of Rome’s powerful elite, and his men would be freed. However, Spartacus rejected this offer because it would have left the institution of slavery in place.
Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific points made in the reading passage
In the reading passage, the author writes the reason why Spartacus is considered as hero. However, the lecturer in the listening disagrees with this idea since most of the stories are inaccurate.
Firstly, the writer believes that Spartacus's initial goal of returning home let people empathize with him. On the contrary, the lecturer says that is not his original goal at all. She mentions that Spartacus could return home after winning the first battle, but he continued marching toward Rome. She thinks that he also want to conqure the region instead of only for revenge.
Secondly, the author believes that people admire him because of Spartacus's success in his first war. Even though it is true that Spartacus won in his first battle, the professor in the listening argues that Spartacus is not a genius at all. She thinks that he won since Romans did not consider Spartacus seriously. When Romans did not send weak unions of soilders, he failed the wars.
Finally, the writer writes that Spartacus's action is respected as an early human rights advocate. However, the lecturer mentions it is not true. The aim was added by the European in the 18 century who was anti-slavery. That actually was only an inspiring story.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, finally, first, firstly, however, second, secondly, so, it is true, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 1.0 7.30242825607 14% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 22.0 30.3222958057 73% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1030.0 1373.03311258 75% => OK
No of words: 206.0 270.72406181 76% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.78849575616 4.04702891845 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.48564547062 2.5805825403 96% => OK
Unique words: 118.0 145.348785872 81% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.572815533981 0.540411800872 106% => OK
syllable_count: 312.3 419.366225166 74% => 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: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 25.6399719825 49.2860985944 52% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 73.5714285714 110.228320801 67% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.7142857143 21.698381199 68% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.42857142857 7.06452816374 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.14848336539 0.272083759551 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0467027529481 0.0996497079465 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0432919276943 0.0662205650399 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0825260567002 0.162205337803 51% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0537585728647 0.0443174109184 121% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.5 13.3589403974 71% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 65.73 53.8541721854 122% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.6 11.0289183223 69% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.13 12.2367328918 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.24 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 51.0 63.6247240618 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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