The reading passage is discussing an interesting topic about the memoir of the Chevalier de Seingalt, and how accurate this memoir is compared with historical facts. According to the reading passage, the Chevalier exaggerated and invented many events to make his life more attractive. However, the lecture casts doubts about this theory and, on the contrary, affirms that the memoir could be accurate with the history refusing the arguments exposed in the reading passage.
First, the reading passage states that Chevalier was not as rich as he claimed to be, considering some history evidence that shows that the Chevalier borrowed a considerable amount of money from a Swiss merchant. In opposition, the lecture explains that the money borrowed had the purpose to get immediate cash while the Chevalier could sell some goods or property, and return the money back. In consequence, the borrow-factor was not a proof of lack of wealthy.
Secondly, the reading passage rises doubts about the accuracy of the conversation between the Chevalier and Voltaire described in the memoirs. To support this point, the reading passage points out that the conversation occurred a long time before the memoir was written, and it would be impossible for the Chevalier to remember every detail of that conversation. On the contrary, the lecture remarks that the Chevalier was constantly making notes and consulting with the different characters of his memoirs that he later wrote about. Thus, the detailed conversation could be already saved in previous notes that later were used for the memoirs.
Finally, the reading passage refutes the idea the Chevalier could ever escape from the Venetian jail by making a hole in the roof. According to the reading passage, the Chevailer had important contacts and influence who could have helped him to get his freedom. On the other hand, the lecture supports the idea of the roof's escape by bringing up the evidence that just after the Chevalier's escape, the jail was under a complete roof repair.
In conclusion, the lecture and the reading are both about the memoir of the chevalier de Seingalt, but while the reading passage challenge the accuracy of the events described in it, the lecture effectively supports it as historical accurate.
- TOEFL Writing Practice Task Directions Give yourself 3 minutes to read the passage 7
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- TPO-45 - Integrated Writing Task Any student of paleontology will be struck by the fact that a great many animals of the past were considerably larger than they are today. This holds true for species ranging from dinosaurs to most mammals. Just why they w 83
- Imagine that you are in a classroom or a meeting. The teacher or the meeting leader says something incorrect In your opinion, which of the following is the best thing to do?-Interrupt and correct the mistake right away.-Wait until the class or meeting is 60
- The twentieth century saw great change In your opinion what is one change that should be remembered about the twentieth century Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice 84
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, thus, while, in conclusion, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 30.3222958057 158% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1913.0 1373.03311258 139% => OK
No of words: 368.0 270.72406181 136% => OK
Chars per words: 5.19836956522 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.37987740619 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69367778106 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 176.0 145.348785872 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.478260869565 0.540411800872 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 596.7 419.366225166 142% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 16.0 8.23620309051 194% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 10.0 2.5761589404 388% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.5978987164 49.2860985944 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 136.642857143 110.228320801 124% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.2857142857 21.698381199 121% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.42857142857 7.06452816374 119% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 4.33554083885 208% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => 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: 0.399551503626 0.272083759551 147% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.150919128417 0.0996497079465 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0636847720819 0.0662205650399 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.224809544004 0.162205337803 139% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0554196069278 0.0443174109184 125% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.2 13.3589403974 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 53.8541721854 84% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.0289183223 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.18 12.2367328918 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.4 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 81.0 63.6247240618 127% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.498013245 118% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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