The author of the reading passage and the professor both discuss the carved stone balls. The author expresses that there are several theories which explain the purpose and meaning of the carved stone balls. However the professor challenges with the ideas mentioned in the reading passage. She offers several reasons to oppose the arguments of this article.
First, the author claims that the stone balls were weapons used in hunting and fighting because some of them have been found with holes in them and many have grooves on the surface. by contrast, the professor argues that if the stone balls had been used in hunting and fighting, the stone would have had some kind of cracks on the surface. However, the stone balls seemed to have been well preserved. So the professor thinks that the stone balls could not have been used for hunting and fighting.
Secondly, the author expresses that the stone balls might be used as part of a primitive system of weights and measures since they are almost uniform in size. In the contrary, the professor contends that although they are uniform in size, their mass varies considerably. The stone balls actually are made from different types of stone, which lead to different density. Thus, the professor concludes that the stone balls might not be the weighing system.
Thirdly, the author indicates that the stone balls could serve a social purpose instead of practical and utilitarian one because most of the stone balls have exquisite designs. Nevertheless, the professor points out that most of the exquisite designs are extremely simple. They are too simple to be served as the social purpose. Besides, when ancient people died, usually those people with a high ranking, others would put the valuable assets to their tombs or graves. However, none of the stone balls is found in the tombs and graves. This suggests that the stone balls might not serve a social purpose.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 208, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
... and meaning of the carved stone balls. However the professor challenges with the ideas...
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Line 3, column 183, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: By
...m and many have grooves on the surface. by contrast, the professor argues that if ...
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Line 5, column 143, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: uniform
...ghts and measures since they are almost uniform in size. In the contrary, the professor contend...
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Line 5, column 223, Rule ID: ADJECTIVE_IN_ATTRIBUTE[1]
Message: A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.
Suggestion: uniform
...ofessor contends that although they are uniform in size, their mass varies considerably. The st...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, besides, first, however, if, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, third, thirdly, thus, well, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1603.0 1373.03311258 117% => OK
No of words: 322.0 270.72406181 119% => OK
Chars per words: 4.97826086957 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.23607819155 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.27727013348 2.5805825403 88% => OK
Unique words: 150.0 145.348785872 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.465838509317 0.540411800872 86% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 482.4 419.366225166 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.5064067316 49.2860985944 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.0555555556 110.228320801 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.8888888889 21.698381199 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.11111111111 7.06452816374 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.27373068433 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.548633065778 0.272083759551 202% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.184025412159 0.0996497079465 185% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.118636657575 0.0662205650399 179% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.317703995564 0.162205337803 196% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.104693111117 0.0443174109184 236% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.0 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.31 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.77 8.42419426049 92% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 63.6247240618 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 63.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 19.0 Out of 30
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