TPO 25
The reading and the lecture discuss the possible function of a set of clay jars that had been excavated in Iraq. Although the passage provides three theories for rejects that the clay did not use as a battery in ancient time, the speaker refutes this idea through several reasons, which I will describe in this report.
First, the passage points out that if the vessels used as batteries, they must have had other conductors such as metal wires with them. The lecturer, in contrast, rejects this by claiming that the vessels had been discovered by local people who did not recognize the importance of all parts of the clay jars, and these people were not trained, archaeologists. They would overlook by other conductors or thrown away them.
Furthermore, the passage states that ancient people used copper cylinders as the same as these clay jars for holding scrolls of sacred texts, not for generating electricity. However, the professor argues that the similar shape between clay jars and copper cylinders cannot improve anything. At first, the vessels used for holding scrolls of sacred texts, but after some time, they understood that they could produce electricity if they used water and wires besides their clays.
Finally, although the reading passage says that electricity did not practical for ancient people, because they did not know how to use it. The professor disagrees by mentioning that these batteries could cause a middle shock, and they could be a good device to show magical power. He also said that ancient doctors may have been using these batteries to heat the muscles of the patients like modern medicines.
- TPO 46 73
- Do you prefer to take a course taught by a professor with whom you have not had classes before or a course taught by a professor whose class you have taken before Give specific examples and details to support your answer 58
- TPO 42 80
- Do you agree or disagree? Rather than help children with their schoolwork, parents should encourage their children do their work independently. 60
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Workers are more satisfied when they have many different types of tasks to do during the workday than when they do similar tasks all day long 85
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 20 in 30
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 7 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 1 2
No. of Sentences: 11 12
No. of Words: 271 250
No. of Characters: 1329 1200
No. of Different Words: 148 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.057 4.2
Average Word Length: 4.904 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.354 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 93 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 76 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 37 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 24 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 24.636 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.401 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.636 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.372 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.63 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.101 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4