Summarise the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they case doubt on specific points made in the reading passage As early as the twelfth century A D the settlements of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico in the American Southwest were notable for | TOEFL IELTS GMAT GRE SAT ACT PTE ESL

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Summarise the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they case doubt on specific points made in the reading passage.
As early as the twelfth century A.D., the settlements of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico in the American Southwest were notable for their "great houses," massive stone buildings that contain hundreds of rooms and often stand three or four stories high. Archaeologists have been trying to determine how the buildings were used. While there is still no universally agreed upon explanation, there are three competing theories.

One theory holds that the Chaco structures were purely residential, with each housing hundreds of people. Supporters of this theory have interpreted Chaco great houses as earlier versions of the architecture seen in more recent Southwest societies. In particular, the Chaco houses appear strikingly similar to the large, well-known "apartment buildings" at Taos, New Mexico, in which many people have been living for centuries.
A second theory contends that the Chaco structures were used to store food supplies. One of the main crops of the Chaco people was grain maize, which could be stored for long periods of time without spoiling and could serve as a long-lasting supply of food. The supplies of maize had to be stored somewhere, and the size of the great houses would make them very suitable for the purpose.

A third theory proposes that houses were used as ceremonial centers. Close to one house, called Pueblo Alto, archaeologists identified an enormous mound formed by a pile of old material. Excavations of the mound revealed deposits containing a surprisingly large number of broken pots. This finding has been interpreted as evidence that people gathered at Pueblo Alto for special ceremonies. At the ceremonies, they ate festive meals and then discarded the pots in which the meals had been prepared or served. Such ceremonies have been documented for other Native American cultures.

The reading and the lecture are both about how the Chaco structures were used. The author of the reading feels that there are three explanations of the use of Chaco building. The lecture challenges the claims made by de author. He is of the opinion that these explanations are faulty.

To begin with, the author argues that the Chaco structures were purely residential. The article mentions that these structures were very similar to the large, well-known "apartment buildings" at Taos, New Mexico, in which many people have been living for centuries. This specific argument is challenged by the lecture. He states that although Chaco structures looks like a house, these have few fire place. Additionally, he says that does not makes sense have few fire places for a huge number of family.

Secondly, the writer suggest that the Chaco structures were used to store food supplies. In the article, it is said that the storage of maize may was stored for long periods of time without spoiling and could serve as a long-lasting supply of food. The lecture, however, rebuts this by mentioning that no was found containers that prove the relation between the maize storage and the Chaco structures.

Finally, the author posits that houses were used as ceremonial centers. Moreover, in the article states that archaeologists identified an enormous mound formed by a pile of old materials and a large number of broken pots. In contrast, the lecturer's position is that excavations showed not only mound and pots, but sand and stone. He notes that this place was a possible trash local of waste materials.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: make
...ce. Additionally, he says that does not makes sense have few fire places for a huge n...
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Line 5, column 303, Rule ID: NOW[1]
Message: Did you mean 'now' (=at this moment) instead of 'no' (negation)?
Suggestion: now
...however, rebuts this by mentioning that no was found containers that prove the rel...
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Suggestion: many; numerous
...d formed by a pile of old materials and a large number of broken pots. In contrast, the lecturers...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, however, if, look, may, moreover, second, secondly, well, in contrast, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1351.0 1373.03311258 98% => OK
No of words: 267.0 270.72406181 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.05992509363 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.04229324003 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72454856153 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 155.0 145.348785872 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.580524344569 0.540411800872 107% => OK
syllable_count: 419.4 419.366225166 100% => 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: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 40.5069438492 49.2860985944 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.4375 110.228320801 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.6875 21.698381199 77% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.125 7.06452816374 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.137108784643 0.272083759551 50% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0473841535339 0.0996497079465 48% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0462396470558 0.0662205650399 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0832117560162 0.162205337803 51% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0555136350778 0.0443174109184 125% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.7 13.3589403974 80% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.77 12.2367328918 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.45 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 68.0 63.6247240618 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, however, if, look, may, moreover, second, secondly, well, in contrast, to begin with

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