TPO 28
Robert E. Peary was a well-known adventurer and arctic explorer who in 1909 set out to reach the North Pole. When he returned from the expedition, he claimed to have reached the pole on April 7, 1909. This report made him into an international celebrity. Though some historians have expressed doubts that Peary did in fact reach the North Pole, three arguments provide strong support for the truth of Peary's claim. First, the National Geographic Society put together a committee that was instructed to conduct a thorough investigation of Peary's records and equipment. At the end of the investigation, the committee concluded that Peary's accounts were consistent and persuasive and declared that he had indeed reached the North Pole. Second, a recent expedition provides support for Peary's claim that he reached the North Pole in only 37 days after setting out from Ellesmere Island off the coast of Greenland. Skeptics used to argue that Peary could not have traveled that fast, since even modern snowmobiles take longer to cover the same distance. However, a British explorer named Tom Avery recently made the same trek in less than 37 days. In fact, Avery used the same kind of dogsled and the same number and breed of dogs as Peary had. Thus, Peary's claims are not impossible, and he very well might have been telling the truth. Third, there are photographs taken by Peary that support his claim to have reached the North Pole. Measuring the shadows in Peary's photographs makes it possible to calculate the Surf s position in the sun. The Surf s position established from the photographs corresponds exactly to the Surf s position as it should have been at the North Pole on that day. This provides strong evidence that Peary reached the North Pole and took the photographs there.
The reading passage and lecture have conflicting opinions about whether it is true that Arctic explorer, Robert Peary, really reached the north pole. The listening adamantly delineates that there is no solid evidence to prove it, so the writer's arguments are not compelling. On the other hand, the author strongly postulates that he indeed visited the north pole and three persuasive reasons justify it.
First and foremost, according to the professor in the lecture, even though National Geographic Society proclaimed that he really arrived at the north pole through careful examination, so it is not an objective conclusion of his expedition. This is mainly due to the fact that a member of this committee was Peary's best friend who donated a great amount of money to his research. Therefore, the organisation's conclusion was biased and inaccurate. Nonetheless, the author offsets these points by declaring that according to this organization, he indeed entered the north pole.
On top of this, the lecturer further asserts that tom Avery's simulation experiment does not completely prove that he arrived at the north pole. Since his sledge did not carry his food like Peary's journey. As a matter of fact that the aeroplane dropped his supply and he did his experiment in a favourable climate, not in harsh weather as Peary did. Hence, it is too different from Peary's real expedition in many ways. these claims refute the author's indications about some critics said that it was impossible to go through the north pole within 37 days. However, Tom Avery made the same journey as him and explained that it is indeed a doable thing.
Lastly, The speaker in the lecture insists that according to the expert, Peary's photos can not prove that he reached the north pole because it is too faded and blurred. Thus it is impossible to accurately calculate its Sun's position. Nevertheless, the author counters these implications by suggesting that his images of the north pole indeed prove that he did it. since its Sun's place match with the Sun's position of the north pole. Therefore, it clearly illustrates that he was able to reach this area.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 395, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'organisations'' or 'organisation's'?
Suggestion: organisations'; organisation's
...f money to his research. Therefore, the organisations conclusion was biased and inaccurate. N...
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Line 5, column 145, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Since” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...rove that he arrived at the north pole. Since his sledge did not carry his food like ...
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Line 5, column 419, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: These
...om Pearys real expedition in many ways. these claims refute the authors indications a...
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Line 7, column 170, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...le because it is too faded and blurred. Thus it is impossible to accurately calculat...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, hence, however, if, lastly, nevertheless, nonetheless, really, so, therefore, thus, as a matter of fact, it is true, 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: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 53.0 22.412803532 236% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 36.0 30.3222958057 119% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1789.0 1373.03311258 130% => OK
No of words: 356.0 270.72406181 131% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02528089888 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34372677135 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67162299655 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 192.0 145.348785872 132% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.539325842697 0.540411800872 100% => OK
syllable_count: 559.8 419.366225166 133% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.25165562914 320% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.4670210152 49.2860985944 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.3888888889 110.228320801 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.7777777778 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.83333333333 7.06452816374 111% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => 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: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.422468541483 0.272083759551 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.122498275318 0.0996497079465 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0540960857573 0.0662205650399 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.254711383181 0.162205337803 157% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0432729181917 0.0443174109184 98% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.89 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.66 8.42419426049 103% => OK
difficult_words: 92.0 63.6247240618 145% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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