The author of the reading and the lecturer both discuss about caved stone balls utilities and their use in the late Neolitic period. The reading states three different purposes of caved stone balls. However, the lecturer says these purposes are not convincing.
First, the reading claims that caved stone balls were weapons used in hunting and fighting. They were used in many cases and a big advantage of it was allowing person to swing it around to protect. Nevertheless, the lecturer believes that caved stone balls were not best for hunting and using it as an arrow head. They would be cracked easily although their good quality.
Second, the reading states that caved stone balls were used as primitive system of weights and to measure grain and other foods. Stone balls enabled to measure for scale of purpose, especially for trading. In contrast, the lecturer says that caved stone balls were different type of stones. They had a different density from each other. Some of them heavier then the others and this would not make a good balance to measure foods. So, caved stone balls were not used for measuring.
Third, the reading says that caved stone balls had many social purposes. They were opposed practical or utiltarian ones with their elborate design and they marked the important social status of their owner. However, the lecturer says caved stone balls were extremely simple to be status symbols.
In conclusion, the author of reading supports these three idea of using caved stone balls as weapons, measuring grain and other foods and its social purposes. However, the lecturer mainly stay opposite of reading's statements and ignores the author.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 351, Rule ID: COMPARISONS_THEN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'heavier than'?
Suggestion: heavier than
...t density from each other. Some of them heavier then the others and this would not make a go...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, nevertheless, second, so, then, third, in conclusion, in contrast, in many cases
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 : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 12.0772626932 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1400.0 1373.03311258 102% => OK
No of words: 276.0 270.72406181 102% => OK
Chars per words: 5.07246376812 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07593519647 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.22953009687 2.5805825403 86% => OK
Unique words: 131.0 145.348785872 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.474637681159 0.540411800872 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 426.6 419.366225166 102% => 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: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
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: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 30.9615452449 49.2860985944 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 77.7777777778 110.228320801 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.3333333333 21.698381199 71% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.55555555556 7.06452816374 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.415906237326 0.272083759551 153% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.165911634161 0.0996497079465 166% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0827987696514 0.0662205650399 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.267788298542 0.162205337803 165% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0876849324992 0.0443174109184 198% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.1 13.3589403974 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 64.71 53.8541721854 120% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.0 11.0289183223 73% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.53 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.98 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 63.6247240618 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.498013245 76% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => 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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