The reading passage presents the views of critics who cast doubt on the accuracy of events recounted in the life memoir of Chevalier de Seingalt. The speaker, on the other hand, argues in favor of Chevalier and that his memoir is still a reliable and valuable memoir in general.
The first argument of the skeptics is that Chevalier wasn't affluent enough to spend a considerable amount of money on parties and gambling in Switzerland as he claimed. While the lecturer agrees with the author that Chevalier did borrow money from his friend, he also points out that borrowing doesn't equal being poor. He further explains the memoir author actually had a great deal of properties in Switzerland; however, since it took him some time to convert his asset to money, Chevalier had no way but to borrow from a merchant. Therefore, it can't be concluded that what Chevalier wrote about his partying and gambling was made up.
The second argument regards the account of conversations between Chevalier and the famous writer Voltaire. It is believed by the critics that no one could memorize long conversations exactly after many years. Nevertheless, the speaker doesn't agree with this point of view. He correctly notes that Chevalier had the habit of jotting down his conversations each night immediately after talking to Voltaire and consulted the notes years later when he was writing the memoir. This explains how he was able to recall long conversations after a long time had passed.
Lastly, the critics question Chevalier's escape from the Venetian prison, calling it an enjoyable reading and assuming Chevalier must have asked his friends to offer a bribe since it's unlikely anyone could get away through a hole on the roof. On the contrary, the professor rebuts that all prisoners in Venetian were known for having even more powerful friends than Chevalier did, yet none of them was able to get out by bribing the jailers. Moreover, after the daring escape of Chevalier, the government asked the prison to repair the ceiling, suggesting someone must have got out from there.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 1, 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.
...able and valuable memoir in general. The first argument of the skeptics is that ...
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Line 3, column 54, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: wasn't
...ument of the skeptics is that Chevalier wasnt affluent enough to spend a considerable...
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Line 3, column 295, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...iend, he also points out that borrowing doesnt equal being poor. He further explains t...
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Line 3, column 548, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...o borrow from a merchant. Therefore, it cant be concluded that what Chevalier wrote ...
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Line 3, column 548, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'cants'?
Suggestion: cants
...o borrow from a merchant. Therefore, it cant be concluded that what Chevalier wrote ...
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Line 5, column 236, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...r many years. Nevertheless, the speaker doesnt agree with this point of view. He corre...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, if, lastly, moreover, nevertheless, second, so, still, therefore, while, in general, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 22.412803532 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 54.0 30.3222958057 178% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1735.0 1373.03311258 126% => OK
No of words: 346.0 270.72406181 128% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01445086705 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.31289638616 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.59549319353 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 199.0 145.348785872 137% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.575144508671 0.540411800872 106% => OK
syllable_count: 521.1 419.366225166 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.3149772809 49.2860985944 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 123.928571429 110.228320801 112% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.7142857143 21.698381199 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.1428571429 7.06452816374 158% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => 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: 0.00969154908964 0.272083759551 4% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.00319046862636 0.0996497079465 3% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0115033982251 0.0662205650399 17% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.00572354572063 0.162205337803 4% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.00991347198758 0.0443174109184 22% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 13.3589403974 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.3 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 63.6247240618 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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