Toward the end of his life, the Chevalier de Seingalt (1725−1798) wrote a long memoir recounting his life and adventures. The Chevalier was a somewhat controversial figure, but since he met many famous people, including kings and writers, his memoir has become a valuable historical source about European society in the eighteenth century. However, some critics have raised doubts about the accuracy of the memoir. They claim that the Chevalier distorted or invented many events in the memoir to make his life seem more exciting and glamorous than it really was.
For example, in his memoir the Chevalier claims that while living in Switzerland, he was very wealthy, and it is known that he spent a great deal of money there on parties and gambling. However, evidence has recently surfaced that the Chevalier borrowed considerable sums of money from a Swiss merchant. Critics thus argue that if the Chevalier had really been very rich, he would not have needed to borrow money.
Critics are also skeptical about the accuracy of the conversations that the Chevalier records in the memoir between himself and the famous writer Voltaire. No one doubts that the Chevalier and Voltaire met and conversed. However, critics complain that the memoir cannot possibly capture these conversations accurately, because it was written many years after the conversations occurred. Critics point out that it is impossible to remember exact phrases from extended conversations held many years earlier.
Critics have also questioned the memoir's account of the Chevalier's escape from a notorious prison in Venice, Italy. He claims to have escaped the Venetian prison by using a piece of metal to make a hole in the ceiling and climbing through the roof. Critics claim that while such a daring escape makes for enjoyable reading, it is more likely that the Chevalier's jailers were bribed to free him. They point out that the Chevalier had a number of politically well-connected friends in Venice who could have offered a bribe.
Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they respond to the specific points made in the reading passage.
The Chevalier de Seingalt was a controversial figure . His memoir has become a valuable historical source about European society in the eighteenth century.He met many famous people, including kings and writers. I think his life's events are divided by three parts. In the next paragraphs , the summery of his life is explained.
To begin with, some critics claimed that the Chevalier distorted or invented many events in the memoir to make his life seem more exciting and glamorous than it really was. Some of them raised doubts about the accuracy of the memoir. The Chevalier lived in Switzerland.He was very wealthy. However, he spent all the times on parties and gambling. And He converted his wealth into cash and used them on gambling and parties.After that,the Chevalier borrowed considerable sums of money from a Swiss merchant.
In addition to, the Chevalier records in the memoir between himself and Voltaire who was a famous writer. On the contrary,due to it was written many years after the conversations occurred, this memoir could not be captured these conversations accurately. It was not possible to remember exact phrases from extended conversations.
Moreover, another point was his prison's life. He escaped from a prison in Venice, Italy. He claimed that he had used a piece of metal to make a hole in the ceiling and climbing through the roof to escape the prison.He had a myriad types of friends who were politically well connected.They could have offered a bribe.
In conclusion, the Chevalier de Seingalt was very rich person but used his money on parties and gambling.Besides, He recorded a good conversation with Voltaire in the memoir. But last not the least, he escaped from the prison.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
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Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 12.0772626932 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1440.0 1373.03311258 105% => OK
No of words: 282.0 270.72406181 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.10638297872 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09790868904 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93710098397 2.5805825403 114% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.58865248227 0.540411800872 109% => OK
syllable_count: 445.5 419.366225166 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 3.25607064018 399% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 57.6552815264 49.2860985944 117% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.7058823529 110.228320801 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.5882352941 21.698381199 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.17647058824 7.06452816374 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 11.0 4.19205298013 262% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => 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: 0.418635632256 0.272083759551 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.132959389963 0.0996497079465 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.090880463513 0.0662205650399 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.236010317624 0.162205337803 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.123403754115 0.0443174109184 278% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.9 13.3589403974 82% => 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: 12.06 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.29 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 69.0 63.6247240618 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => 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: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Don't put a space before the full stop
Suggestion: .
...r de Seingalt was a controversial figure . His memoir has become a valuable histor...
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Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: He
...opean society in the eighteenth century.He met many famous people, including kings...
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Suggestion: ,
...d by three parts. In the next paragraphs , the summery of his life is explained. ...
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...oir. The Chevalier lived in Switzerland.He was very wealthy. However, he spent all...
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...h and used them on gambling and parties.After that,the Chevalier borrowed considerabl...
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... used his money on parties and gambling.Besides, He recorded a good conversation with V...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
besides, but, however, if, moreover, really, so, well, i think, in addition, in conclusion, on the contrary, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 12.0772626932 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1440.0 1373.03311258 105% => OK
No of words: 282.0 270.72406181 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.10638297872 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09790868904 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93710098397 2.5805825403 114% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.58865248227 0.540411800872 109% => OK
syllable_count: 445.5 419.366225166 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 3.25607064018 399% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 57.6552815264 49.2860985944 117% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.7058823529 110.228320801 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.5882352941 21.698381199 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.17647058824 7.06452816374 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 11.0 4.19205298013 262% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => 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: 0.418635632256 0.272083759551 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.132959389963 0.0996497079465 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.090880463513 0.0662205650399 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.236010317624 0.162205337803 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.123403754115 0.0443174109184 278% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.9 13.3589403974 82% => 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: 12.06 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.29 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 69.0 63.6247240618 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => 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: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 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.