tpo 8 the Chevalier
The reading passage and the lecture given by the professor provide contrasting opinions on the memoir of the chevalier de Seingalt. The professor argues that the memoir is an accurate historical account while the reading passage suggests that the memoirs are a distorted version of actual events that took place to make himself look more glamorous and adventurous.
Firstly, the passage mentions that chevalier, who claimed to be very wealthy had to borrow vast amounts of money from a Swiss merchant. therefore, the writer of the passage implies that the chevalier must not have been very wealthy, otherwise he would not have had to borrow money. The professor counters this argument by claiming that the chevalier had lots of wealth in terms of assets such as property. it would have taken quite some time to sell these assets and obtain cash. therefore, according to him, borrowing money from the lender doesn't necessarily mean he was poor.
Secondly, the writer of the passage doubts the accuracy of the conversations that the chevalier had with the famous writer voltaire presented in the memoir as it is quite impossible to remember conversations without distortions years later when the chevalier was writing his memoirs. The counter argument provided by the lecturer is that the chevalier made notes every night after having conversations with voltaire and eye witness accounts suggest that the chevalier always considered the notes when he bean to write his memoirs later on.
Finally, the passage doubts the authenticity of his version of events, when escaping a prison in venice, Italy. The writer suggests that the daring escape was a ficticios event, he claims that chevalier was released by bribing the jailers since the chevalier was politically well connected in venice. The professor disagrees with this conclusion. he bases his view on the fact that there were far more well connected prisoners being held in the prison at that time who couldn't escape. Also, old Venetian records of that time show that a ceiling had to be repaired in the prison which provides credence to the account of the chevalier.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion:
...ok more glamorous and adventurous. Firstly, the passage mentions that cheva...
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Suggestion: Therefore
...amounts of money from a Swiss merchant. therefore, the writer of the passage implies that...
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Suggestion: It
...th in terms of assets such as property. it would have taken quite some time to sel...
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Suggestion: Therefore
...e to sell these assets and obtain cash. therefore, according to him, borrowing money from...
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Suggestion: doesn't
...to him, borrowing money from the lender doesnt necessarily mean he was poor. ...
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...esnt necessarily mean he was poor. Secondly, the writer of the passage doub...
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...ier always considered the notes when he bean to write his memoirs later on. ...
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...ean to write his memoirs later on. Finally, the passage doubts the authenti...
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...ofessor disagrees with this conclusion. he bases his view on the fact that there w...
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Suggestion: couldn't
...ing held in the prison at that time who couldnt escape. Also, old Venetian records of t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, firstly, look, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, well, while, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 21.0 12.0772626932 174% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 22.412803532 138% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1806.0 1373.03311258 132% => OK
No of words: 348.0 270.72406181 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.18965517241 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.31911543099 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60603510063 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 181.0 145.348785872 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.520114942529 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 546.3 419.366225166 130% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 65.2877461391 49.2860985944 132% => OK
Chars per sentence: 129.0 110.228320801 117% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.8571428571 21.698381199 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.85714285714 7.06452816374 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 4.19205298013 239% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.157157593689 0.272083759551 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0560273371535 0.0996497079465 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0661852126846 0.0662205650399 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0989252881193 0.162205337803 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0462181068782 0.0443174109184 104% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.4 13.3589403974 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 53.8541721854 87% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.0289183223 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.12 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.68 8.42419426049 103% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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