tpo32
Both the reading and lecture are about carved stone balls which have found in Scotland. The mentioned balls are in round form with uniform diameter and some designs. The reading provides three hypotheses as function of these stone balls and then supports them. The lecturer casts doubt on claims made in the article and finds all arguments dubious.
First of all, the author of reading declares that the stone balls may have been used in hunting or fighting by early humans. Since some balls have holes in them; hence, in the aforementioned holes could have been set grooves then with using a cord, the hunters could throw balls toward enemy or prey. This point is challenged by the professor and she points out that there are a lot of Neolithic weapons such as arrowheads which include some cracks on their surface; however, the stone balls discovered in a very well condition without any damage.
Secondly, since the stone balls have equal diameter- rather 70mm- ; therefore, there is a possibility that stone balls were applied as an early system for weighting of food or grains; in contrast, the professor expresses that since the balls were constructed from different types of stones; consequently, they have diverse masses. It should be said that different stones such as curbside or sand stone have different weights; subsequently, the balls may have be uniform size; however they had difference in weight and one could have be heavier than another.
Finally, the reading passage states that stone balls had some elaborates designs, so they may have employed for showing social statuses. This argument is rebutted by the lecturer and she poses that there is inconsistent evidence about this theory. Some balls were including intricate designs while others had simple ornamentation. Furthermore, the professor notes that in that time - 4000 years ago- when a person was losing his live particularly a person with high rank, some objects which had high level among society, were put into graves; however, any stone ball did not find in Neolithic's graves; so this hypothesis is meaningless.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 262, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...ese stone balls and then supports them. The lecturer casts doubt on claims made in ...
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Line 5, column 460, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Use past participle here: 'been'.
Suggestion: been
...ights; subsequently, the balls may have be uniform size; however they had differen...
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Line 5, column 534, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Use past participle here: 'been'.
Suggestion: been
...difference in weight and one could have be heavier than another. Finally, the r...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, consequently, finally, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, well, while, in contrast, such as, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 10.4613686534 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1760.0 1373.03311258 128% => OK
No of words: 344.0 270.72406181 127% => OK
Chars per words: 5.11627906977 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.30665032142 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52688441421 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 198.0 145.348785872 136% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.575581395349 0.540411800872 107% => OK
syllable_count: 532.8 419.366225166 127% => 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: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 85.1518657264 49.2860985944 173% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.384615385 110.228320801 123% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.4615384615 21.698381199 122% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.2307692308 7.06452816374 173% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.131590811053 0.272083759551 48% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0514894090455 0.0996497079465 52% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0349131430626 0.0662205650399 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.086050116599 0.162205337803 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0347053497071 0.0443174109184 78% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.9 13.3589403974 119% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.55 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.0289183223 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.71 12.2367328918 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.83 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.498013245 118% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 88.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.5 Out of 30
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